NH Big Trees

One of the finest places in New England to see towering Eastern white pine trees is in Tamworth, N.H at the Big Pines Natural Area. One champion whit... Learn More

What a beautiful first day of December it was as a team of Hillsborough County Big Tree measurers met in a Manchester neighborhood to measure a newly ... Learn More

What a beautiful first day of December it was as a team of Hillsborough County Big Tree measurers: Carol Mamczak, Temple, Susan Strickler, Manchester ... Learn More

Tamarack is a pleasing tree in the wild; it's a pleasure to come across a grove of younger tamarack while hiking the northern woods. The needles can b... Learn More

My first discovery of a really big tree was in northern Vermont while walking along a mountain lane. I was astonished to see a huge tree trunk to... Learn More

On April 5, the biggest sugar maple tree in the U.S. sadly had to be taken down. The tree was located in Kensington and was the bigger of two “we... Learn More

This is part 2 of a two-part series. Learn the unique characteristics of old-growth forests in Part 1, Finding Old-Growth Forests in New Hampshire. ... Learn More

What is an old-growth forest, and what are its characteristics in New Hampshire? There is a great deal of confusion as to what is an old-growth forest... Learn More

One of the many sad events of 2020 was the death of one of NH’s most renowned Big Trees, the ancient white ash at Pickity Place restaurant in Mason. T... Learn More

Hemlock trees (Tsuga canadensis), so common in New Hampshire they are hardly noticed, fulfill a unique niche in the northern forest. A tree of the fin... Learn More