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Michigan's Big Tree Hunt contest extended in search for largest species hometownlife.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hometownlife.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nonprofit seeks submissions for Michigan’s biggest trees Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. – ReLeaf Michigan again is seeking the largest trees in the state. The Ann Arbor-based tree planting and education nonprofit is hosting its 15th biennial Michigan Big Tree Hunt contest. The trees can be found in backyards, local parks and even along hiking trails. Certificates and prizes are awarded for the largest tree submitted from each county, for the overall largest tree found by different age groups, and for the largest white pine. ReLeaf Michigan said it started the contest to celebrate Michigan’s beauty and create a fun way to gather information about the state’s biggest trees. The contest also is a way to discover eligible trees for the National Register of Big Trees. ....
View Comments LANSING – Along Sycamore Creek, south of Potter Park Zoo, stands a white willow so massive that it s on the National Register of Champion Trees. With a girth of 389 inches, the whopper willow dwarfs some of the other impressive old trees growing across the region, including a silver maple in Grand Ledge that s nearly 250 inches around and a 111-foot-tall eastern cottonwood in Lansing. Both are also in the state Big Tree Register maintained by the Michigan Botanical Club, and the Big Tree Hunt contest is one way that scientists find trees like these. There s a lot of scientific value in knowing where these trees are located, said Ashley Laux, project forester for ReLeaf Michigan, an Ann Arbor-based nonprofit that works with communities to plant more trees. They can then be further studied for whether they have some sort of disease resistance or a certain type of genetic makeup that make them more resilient. ....
Group seeks the tallest trees in Michigan 927thevan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 927thevan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nonprofit seeks submissions for Michigan's biggest trees wnmufm.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wnmufm.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.