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Welcome to the Maryland Big Tree Program

Maryland Big Tree Program

Committee Members

Joli McCathran, Chair

Jim Sherring, Vice-Chair

Anne Hairston-Strang, State Forester, DNR

Dawn Balinski, Treasurer

Jim Bardsley

Linda Barker

John Bennett

Dan Coy

Doug Inkley

Kathie Jarmon

Dori Murphy

Geary Schwemmer

Don VanHassent

Meet the Committee

BT-1337 White Oak - Bicentennial Tree in Cecil County

Penn's Woods Tree Publicly Accessible

Post a comment, or ask a question: Click Here

Nominate a tree online: Click Here

Fred Besley, Maryland's first forester, developed the formula used today to measure trees:

Circumference in inches + Height in feet +
¼ of the average crown spread = TOTAL POINTS

The Maryland Big Tree Program thanks the Maryland Urban and Community Forest Committee (MUCFC) for their continuing support.
The Maryland Big Tree Program thanks the Maryland State Parks for their dedicated support.

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