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 Welcome to the Maryland Big Tree Program

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Maryland Big Tree Program Committee Members

 

John Bennett, Chair

Joli McCathran, Vice-Chair

Anne Gilbert, DNR Liaison

Dawn Balinski, Treasurer

Jim Bardsley

Linda Barker

Doug Inkley

Kathie Jarmon

Dori Murphy

Geary Schwemmer

Jim Sherring

BT-1337 White Oak - Bicentennial Tree  in Cecil County 
Penn's Woods Tree                           Publicly Accessible
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

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