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Article: A Register RETROSPECTIVE.
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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SIXTY YEARS, THOUSANDS OF TREES, MILLIONS OF MEMORIES.
I guess you could call it a "bus man's holiday." After years of involvement in AMERICAN FORESTS' National Register of Big Trees, there I was on vacation last August with friends and family, looking for national champion trees in the Great Smoky Mountains. My guide: Big Tree Hunter par excellence Will Blozan, arborist and former park ranger. I was a little apprehensive about spending the day with Will because I once sent a Wall Street Journal reporter into the field with him, and I don't think she'll forget that trip anytime soon. Maybe she had spent too long sitting in an office or maybe Will took pity on us, ...