It’s not very assuming until you get right up to it and you see how big that trunk is. You’re like ‘Holy cow, that’s a big ...

The first-of-its-kind initiative is called the National Champion Tree Program (NCTP ... to share the list of the largest documented trees in the United States,” NCTP director Jaq Payne said.

It seems fitting that Nebraska, which has chosen the cottonwood as its state tree, would have the largest one in the United States. The Nebraska Forest Service learned this week that a towering ...