View state and national champion trees and learn special care techniques at Maymont, Richmond’s historic park. Then tour the Dragon Run on the Middle Peninsula to discuss bald cypress trees and old ...

The giant coastal redwoods of northern California are breathtaking—literally. They are the tallest trees on Earth, growing to more than 350 ft. (106 m), with trunks that can be more than 25 ft. (7.6 m ...

We’re driving down the road in Yankee Lake, Ohio, in Marc DeWerth’s blue Honda Odyssey, when suddenly he spots a prize: a ...

A group of hikers make their way under a rock overhang while hiking the trail at the Hungry Beech Preserve in Roane County, W.Va. (Photo by Art Smith) A recently constructed trail through the Hungry ...

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from Lynda V. Mapes’ book, “The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests” ($29.95 hardcover), which will be published April 22 by the University ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s time to find the biggest and the oldest trees in Nashville. A Music City tradition, the “Big Old Tree” contest, is back. The competition started in 1987 and it’s taken ...

Hoping this interest in big trees might inspire Marylanders to develop a deeper relationship with their forests, Besley organized the Tree Contest in 1925. Fifteen years later, he worked with the ...

There was another tornado. It took out lots of trees. And we miss those trees, even after they’ve crashed onto our house during a storm, tearing down power lines and leaving us in the dark. We look ...

Discover how large trees are cared for and protected!

A hundred years ago, Maryland’s first state forester, Fred Besley, issued a challenge to residents: Go out in the woods and find the biggest tree you can. Then collect its measurements and send them ...