A PARTNERSHIP of CARING.Deborah Gangloff Executive Director, AMERICAN FORESTS American Forests is a nonprofit conservation organization that promotes healthy forests and urban tree planting. The organization was established in 1875 as the American Forestry Association, by physician/horticulturist John Aston Warder and a group of like-minded citizens The year 2000 marks a very special year for the National Register of Dig Trees. Not only does this 2000 edition coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Register, hot it is also the 10-year anniversary of AMERICAN FORESTS' partnership with The Davey Tree Expert Company. Our alliance has been an exceptional experience far AMERICAN FORESTS; with Davey Tree's help and involvement we have received more attention end recognition for the National Register of Big Trees The National Register of Big Trees is a list of the largest living specimens of each tree variety found in the continental United States. A tree on this list is often called a National Champion Tree. than over before. It remains of one of the most popular and enduring programs at AMERICAN FORESTS. With Davey Tree's help we have been able to produce and distribute a beautiful, four-color calendar each year, upgrade the database software package that helps us keep track of the champs, make the Register accessible on the World Wide Web, and bring people professional photographs of the national champions. We also wont to thank oar State Big Tree Coordinators, who keep an eye on the national champs in their states. They are essential in gathering and updating data an the trees and providing general support to the program. They are truly our "eyes" across the country. With their help we are pleased to present the most comprehensive National Register of Big Trees ever published. AMERICAN FORESTS has spent the last 125 years championing the value of trees in the U.S. and around the world. We are proud to present here the champions of the tree world--the largest known specimens of all our native and naturalized nat·u·ral·ize v. nat·u·ral·ized, nat·u·ral·iz·ing, nat·u·ral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To grant full citizenship to (one of foreign birth). 2. To adopt (something foreign) into general use. tree species. Their age, size, and grandeur compel Compel - COMpute ParallEL us to join them in championing the environment. R. Douglas Cowan Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , The Davey Tree Expert Company In the late 1800s John Davey John Philip Davey (born 29 December 1964, Manchester, England), is a former British Olympic swimmer. At the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, he won bronze medals in both the 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley. formulated and tested his theories for a new approach to saving trees and in 1901 published The Tree Doctor, which become the definitive book on tree surgery. It embodied em·bod·y tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies 1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate. 2. To represent in bodily or material form: Davey's concern for the environment and his commitment to teaching people about proper tree care. In 1909, at the age of 63, he incorporated The Davey Tree Expert Company. Almost a hundred years later, Davey Tree employees throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. are still carrying his message. The Davey Tree Expert Company is proud of its affiliation with AMERICAN FORESTS--another organization that cares about, and for, trees. We are particularly honored to have been the national sponsor of The National Register of Big Trees for the last 10 years. Davey Tree end AMERICAN FORESTS each have a long history of caring for North America's forests, whether they're urban forests, utility right-of-way forests, residential forests, or Amazon rainforests The Amazon Rainforest (Brazilian Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Spanish: Selva Amazónica or Amazonía) is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon Basin of South America. . AMERICAN FORESTS' 125 years of operation are marked by several notable efforts, including its Global ReLeaf tree-planting campaign and ClTYgreen software, both of which Davey Tree supports as a corporate partner. The National Register of Big Trees celebrates the endurance of nature's giants and serves as a humbling reminder that our environment depends upon healthy trees. By honoring the giants of today, we are planting the seeds for the next generation to ensure that there are giants in the future. |
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