Champion+Trees

= Ananya Seelam: Wake Audubon Meeting- Champion Trees =

This months Wake Audubon meeting was about Champion Trees. Champion Trees are are large trees around the United States. The speaker at this meeting explained several champion trees that him and his team were in search of. There was even an instance where he was featured in a Virginia newspaper for his discovery of a large tree. This tree was named "Big Mama". The speaker, Gary Williamson, and his team go out every year to rerecord the measurements of trees in order to keep them on the list of Champion Trees. The trees are scored using this formula: Trunk Circumference+Height+(Average Crown Spread/4)=Total points. The trees with the highest points are put on the list of Champion Trees. They go to several swamps and forests around the US to find more these trees, it is not an easy process. A large amount of these trees die over the years but their hollow trunks allow for great habitats for various animals.