Alabama
Alabama Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Alabama Forestry Commission
- Contact: Katie Wiswall, katie.wiswall@forestry.alabama.gov, 334-339-4590
- Website: AFC – Champion Tree Program
Alaska
Alaska State Register of Big Trees
- Currently on hiatus – for questions about Alaska’s Champion Trees, please contact the National Champion Tree Program.
Arizona
Arizona Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management
- Contact: Alison Faller, afaller@dffm.az.gov, 602-739-9763
- Website: Arizona’s Champion Tree Program | Department of Forestry and Fire Management
Arkansas
Arkansas Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division
- Contact: Harold Fisher, harold.fisher@agriculture.arkansas.gov, 501-580-4054
- Website: Champion Trees – Arkansas Department of Agriculture
California
California Big Trees
- Housed under: The California Polytechnic State University, College of Agriculture, Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute
- Contact: Matt Ritter, mritter@calpoly.edu, 805-550-7033
- Website: California Big Trees
Colorado
Colorado Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: Colorado Tree Coalition
- Contact: Neal Bamesberger, nbamesberg871@hotmail.com, 720-940-1318
- Website: Colorado champion tree program
Connecticut
Connecticut’s Notable Trees
- Housed under: Connecticut College, The Connecticut College Arboretum, Connecticut Botanical Society, Connecticut Urban Forest Council
- Contact: Frank Kaputa, frank@kaputasystems.com, 860-614-3819
- Website: Connecticut’s Notable Trees
Delaware
Big Trees of Delaware
- Housed under: State of Delaware Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program
- Contact: William Seybold, william.seybold@delaware.gov, 302-698-4553
- Website: Big Trees – Delaware Trees
District of Columbia
DC Big Tree Program
- Contact: Joli McCathran, jmccathranwgmd@gmail.com, 301-996-7599
- Website: Under construction
Florida
Florida Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Forest Service
- Contact: Todd Little, Todd.Little@FDACS.gov, 850-681-5874
- Website: Florida Champion Trees / Our Forests / Forest & Wildfire / Home – Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Georgia
Georgia Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Georgia, Georgia Forestry Commission
- Website: Champion Trees | Georgia Forestry Commission
Hawai’i
Hawai’i Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: The California Polytechnic State University, College of Agriculture, Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute
- Contact: Matt Ritter, mritter@calpoly.edu, 805-550-7033
- Website: Hawai‘i State Big Tree Program (currently inactive)
Idaho
Idaho Big Tree Program
- Housed under: University of Idaho Extension Forestry
- Contact: Madeline Goebel, mgoebel@uidaho.edu
- Website: Idaho Big Tree Program | Forestry | University of Idaho Extension
Illinois
Illinois Big Tree Register
- Housed under: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Contact: Justin Vozzo, vozzo2@illinois.edu, 309-669-7996
- Website: Illinois Big Tree Champions
Indiana
Indiana Big Tree Register
- Housed under: State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Community and Urban Forestry Program
- Contact: Jacob Roos, jroos@dnr.in.gov, 317-234-4386
- Website: DNR: Forestry: Indiana Big Tree Register
Iowa
Iowa Big Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Iowa Department of Natural Resources
- Contact: Mark Runkel, mark.runkel@dnr.iowa.gov, 319-327-4184
- Website: Iowa’s Forestry
Kansas
Champion Trees of Kansas
- Housed under: Kansas Forest Service
- Contact: Matt Norville, mnorville@ksu.edu
Kentucky
Kentucky’s Champion Trees
- Housed under: Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Contact: Jack Baggett, john.baggett@ky.gov
- Website: Kentucky’s Champion Trees
Louisiana
Champion Trees of Louisiana
- Housed under: Louisiana Forestry Association
- Contact: Jeff Zeringue, jzeringue@laforestry.com, 318-443-2558
- Website: Champion Trees in Louisiana | laforestry
Maine
Maine’s Register of Big Trees
- Housed under: Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
- Contact: Jan Ames Santerre, Jan.Santerre@maine.gov, 207-287-4987
- Website: MaineFoliage.com: Kids’ Page: Maine’s Register of Big Trees
Maryland
Maryland Big Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Maryland DNR
- Contact: Joli McCathran, jmccathranwgmd@gmail.com, 301-996-7599
- Website: Big Tree Champions of Maryland
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Legacy Tree Program
- Housed under: Department of Conservation and Recreation, Urban and Community Forestry Program, Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry
- Contact: Mathew Cahill, mathew.cahill@mass.gov, 617-626-1464
- Website: Massachusetts Legacy Tree Program | Mass.gov
Michigan
Michigan Big Tree Register Program
- Housed under: Michigan Botanical Club
- Contact: Ted Reuschel, tbreusch@comcast.net, 517-930-9541
- Website: Michigan Big Tree Register Program
Minnesota
Minnesota Big Tree Registry
- Housed under: State of Minnesota DNR
- Contact: Genna Soufflé, bigtreeregistry.dnr@state.mn.us, 651-259- 5292
- Website: Big Tree Champions | Minnesota DNR
Mississippi
Mississippi Urban and Community Forestry Program
- Housed under: State of Mississippi Forestry Commission
- Contact: Alex Ballard, aballard@mfc.ms.gov, 769-237-2934
- Website: Urban and Community Forestry
Missouri
Missouri Champion Trees Program
- Housed under: State of Missouri Department of Conservation
- Contact: Michael Bill, Michael.bill@mdc.mo.gov
- Website: Champion Trees | Missouri Department of Conservation
Montana
Montana Big Trees Program
- Housed under: State of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
- Contact: Dan Rogers, danrogers@mt.gov, 406-542-4302
- Website: Montana Big Tree Program
Nebraska
Nebraska Champion & Heritage Trees Programs
- Housed under: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska Forest Service
- Contact: Justin Evertson, jevertson1@unl.edu, 402-472-6604
- Website: About Champion and Heritage Trees | Nebraska Forest Service
Nevada
Nevada Big Tree Program
- Currently on hiatus – for questions about Nevada’s Champion Trees, please contact the National Champion Tree Program.
- Website: Nevada Big Tree Program
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Big Tree Program
- Housed under: University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension – Natural Resources
- Contact: Kevin Martin, kevinmartin16@comcast.net, 603-679-5153
- Website: NH Big Trees | Extension
New Jersey
New Jersey Big Trees
- Housed under: State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Contact: Joseph Bennett, joseph.bennett@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-6536
- Website: New Jersey Big Trees
New Mexico
New Mexico Big Tree Program
- Housed under: State of New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
- Contact: Alyssa O’Brien, alyssa.obrien@emnrd.nm.gov, 505-690-8531
- Website: Find or Register a Big Tree – Forestry
New York
New York State Big Tree Register
- Housed under: Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Lands and Forests
- Contact: Erin Brady, erin.brady@dec.ny.gov, 518-408-0979
- Website: Big Tree Register – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
North Carolina
North Carolina Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Contact: Justin Bennett, justin.bennett@ncagr.gov, 919-857-4869
- Website: The North Carolina Champion Tree Program
North Dakota
North Dakota Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: North Dakota State University North Dakota Forest Service
- Contact: Beth Hill, beth.hill@ndsu.edu, 701-328-9948
- Website: Champion Trees of North Dakota
Ohio
Ohio Big Tree Program
- Housed under: Department of Natural Resources
- Contact: Maria Pickerill, maria.pickerill@dnr.ohio.gov, (614) 506-4021
- Website: Champion Trees of Ohio
Oklahoma
Great Trees of Oklahoma
- Housed under: State of Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
- Contact: Riley Coy, riley.coy@ag.ok.gov, 580-231-1770
- Website: Great Trees of Oklahoma
Oregon
Oregon Champion Tree Registry (Ascending the Giants)
- Currently on hiatus – for questions about Oregon’s Champion Trees, please contact the National Champion Tree Program.
- Website: Champion tree registry
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: Pennsylvania Forestry Association
- Contact: Aaron Greenberg, pabigtrees@gmail.com, 267-240-3219
- Website: PA Big Trees
Puerto Rico
Árboles Campeones de Puerto Rico
- Housed under: State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Program – International Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service
- Contact: Carlos Juan Cruz Quiñones, carlos.cruzquinones@usda.gov, 939-297-3071
- Website: Under construction
Rhode Island
Helen Walker Raleigh Champion Trees Program
- Housed under: Rhode Island Tree Council
- Contact: John Campanini, ritree@ritree.org, 401-764-5885
- Website: Champion Tree – Rhode Island Tree Council
South Carolina
South Carolina Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: Clemson University
- Contact: Jeff Fellers and Derrick Phinney, fellers@clemson.edu and dphinne@clemson.edu, 864-427-6259; 843-563-0135
- Website: SC Champion Trees
South Dakota
South Dakota Big Tree Register
- Housed under: State of South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Contact: John Hartland, John.Hartland@state.sd.us, 605-362-2830
- Website: Big Tree Register
Tennessee
Tennessee Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
- Contact: Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe and Kayla Stuart, jeanphil@utk.edu and kstuart4@tennessee.edu, 865-974-2946
- Website: Tennessee Champion Tree Program | School of Natural Resources
Texas
Texas Big Tree Registry
- Housed under: Texas A&M Forest Service
- Contact: Mac Martin, mac.martin@tfs.tamu.edu
- Website: Texas Big Tree Registry
Utah
Utah Amazing Trees Program
- Housed under: State of Utah Department of Natural Resources
- Contact: Jeran Farley, jlfarley@utah.gov, 801-538-5505
- Website: Utah Community Forest Council – Amazing Trees
Vermont
Vermont’s Big Trees
- Housed under: State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
- Contact: Gwen Kozlowski, Gwen.Kozlowski@uvm.edu, 802-522-6015
- Website: Vermont Big Trees | Department of Forests – Parks and Recreation
Virginia
Virginia Big Tree Program
- Housed under: Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
- Contact: Dr. Eric Wiseman, pwiseman@vt.edu, 540-231-5148
- Website: Virginia BIG Trees
Washington
Washington Champion Tree Registry
- Housed under: Ascending the Giants
- Contact: Robert Van Pelt, abies2@uw.edu, 206-818-0037
- Website: Champion tree registry
West Virginia
West Virginia Big Tree Program
- Housed under: State of West Virginia Division of Forestry
- Contact: Robert Hannah and Sam Adams, Robert.L.Hannah@wv.gov and samuel.t.adams@wv.gov, 304-825-6983
- Website: Big Tree Program – WV Division of Forestry
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Contact: Kirsten Tomaszewski, Kirsten.Tomaszewski@Wisconsin.gov, 608-219-9605
- Website: Wisconsin’s Champion Trees
Wyoming
Wyoming Champion Tree Program
- Housed under: State of Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments
- Contact: Brady McNaughton, brady.mcnaughton@wyo.gov, 307-286-6562
- Website: Forestry Division – Champion Tree Program
