That’s the big one. We see impacts to the bark on the tree from people visiting it. You’ll see the type of garbage you might expect. Food and food wrappers and that type of thing.

Two types of iconic sequoia trees have grown tall and strong in a surprising place: Michigan. One was believed to be extinct less than 100 years ago. The other is the largest living thing on Earth.

BISHOP, Calif. — Perhaps you’ve heard this piece of state lore: California is home to the tallest, largest and oldest trees in the world. Well, it turns out to be true, with some qualification.

He plans to climb the tallest tree at the highest elevation, in all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties over the course of the next year or two.