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 ...

With Earth Day in the recent past, I would like to discuss the most ecologically important living thing on Earth - trees. They are the essential component for the health and stability of the entire ...

One stands beside a curb in Allegan County. Another towers over a home in Berrien County. Some are in the middle of forests.

On August 25, 2024, big tree hunters Michael Taylor, Carl Casey and Martin Crawford measured a massive sugar pine that they knew about in Yosemite National Park. The team calculated that it was not ...

Once again, the Citadel Outlets in Commerce is laying claim to hosting the tallest fresh-cut Christmas tree in the world.

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. I HAVE A VERY BIZARRE QUESTION FOR YOU, SO JUST STAY WITH ME HERE. DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FIND THE BIGGEST TREE IN MARYLAND? WELL DO YOU? I DON’T ...

For years, the tallest tree on record in Indiana could be found in Hamilton County, according to the Big Tree Registry, which is managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. This summer, ...

Just two months ago, the largest tree in Olympia was believed to be one that kids on the west side call the Garfield cat tree. From the nearby school playground the coast redwood’s split crown ...

Lou Ellyn Jones stood beneath the outstretched branches of a Western redcedar in the corner of her backyard in northeast Olympia, recounting the peace it brought her during the COVID-19 pandemic. She ...