Whether strolling through the woods or taking a rest from outdoor labor, autumn is a time when people contemplate the value of our trees and forests. The curious can now also explore the historical documents of the nation’s biggest trees dating back to the 1940s online, in one place, for the first time.
The National Champion Tree Program at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has compiled historical records dating back to the program’s inception.
“We are thrilled to release this compilation of more than 80 years of big tree history,” says Jaq Payne, director of the National Champion Tree Program at the UT Institute of Agriculture School of Natural Resources…