There are many magnificent trees out there that are neither the largest in volume or the tallest example of their species.  Others are associated with a historical site or person.  There are a myriad of reasons why a tree could be considered special in some way.  This section of the website will focus on these individual trees.  bsp;

One of the motivations for adding this section of the website was found on the The Virginia Big Tree Program  website.  One section is called the Remarkable Trees of Virginia Program http://www.cnr.vt.edu/4h/remarkabletree/index.cfm  It's introduction reads:  "Please join us in searching for Virginia's most remarkable trees! The overall goal of this project is to increase awareness and appreciation of Virginia's trees, especially among Virginia's youth. The culmination of the project will be a book describing Virginia's finest trees, and you could be one of the people who nominates a tree chosen to be profiled. We are looking not just for champion trees (the largest of their species) but also for trees that are noteworthy for their age, beauty, history, community significance, or for any other reason known to the nominator."

Similarly the Pennsylvania Big Tree website:  http://pabigtrees.com has a section on Penn Charter Trees.  These concepts were interesting and I opted to add a similar section to the ENTS website.  I will include pages for trips to trees on historical sites, historical photographs, and related material on the website. 

Ed Frank

Overview

• Ancient Forests to Modern City NASA article Feb 2008
• Historic American Trees July 2008

Historical / Famous Locations

Great Trees

Historical Photos

• Big Tree Logging Photos

Trees and Famous People

External Links

• Historic Tree Project http://home.earthlink.net/~jeffkrueger/index.html

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