How to Draw a Tree David LaRochelle, illus. by Colleen Muske. Minnesota Historical Society, $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68134-321-1.

A Maryland program to spot and document its biggest trees started a century ago. John Bennett is the man who keeps the mission alive.

Releaf Michigan started the Big Tree Hunt in 1993. The nonprofit was founded in 1988 by a group of arborists who wanted to address the depleting tree canopy in Michigan.

Participants can win $500 for the largest tree, with additional prizes of $400, $300, $200 and $100 for the second through fifth largest trees, respectively. The contest is open to both Maryland ...

Tree lovers across the county are invited to nominate what they believe is the county’s largest White Pine -- or Pinus strobus -- in the 10th annual Lorain County Big Tree Contest between now ...