Curtis VanderSchaaf is an assistant professor of forestry at Mississippi State University. Every year, Americans buy somewhere between 35 million and 50 million Christmas trees, and many more pull an artificial tree out of storage for the season.

Sixteen new state champion tree contenders were submitted to the recent Michigan Big Tree Hunt, which goes to show that there are still unknown big trees across the state’s 20 million acres of forestland – or in your own backyard.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - It’s the holiday season, which for many means time to pick out a Christmas tree. For those who prefer a real tree, you can find thousands of them spanning 25 acres in Allen Parish. Grant Christmas Tree Farm started back in 1983, when owner Molly Anderson’s parents sold their first tree.

Big Lonely Doug is a sight to behold—achingly beautiful yet incredibly sad. The thousand-year-old, two-hundred-foot Douglas Fir stands in the midst of a vast clear-cut on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, a towering beanstalk surrounded by acres ...