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Title:	Large subalpine fir tree
Date:	2000
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Sheep Creek drainage, Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a very large subalpine fir located in the Sheep Creek drainage (approximately 48 inches in diameter and 120 feet in height).
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	1824.76kb
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Large subalpine fir tree

Title:	Large red alder tree
Date:	2001
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Mill Creek Watershed, Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Don Justice standing near a big red alder (Alnus rubra) tree measuring 27 inches in diameter and 80 feet in height; Mill Creek Watershed
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	5558.82kb
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Large red alder tree

Title:	Large western white pine
Date:	September 1996
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Green Ridge area, Pomeroy Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Jim Tardif standing near one of the Umatilla National Forest's biggest western white pine trees (Pinus monticola) measuring 60 inches in diameter and 188 feet in height; Green Ridge area
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	3690.79kb
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Large western white pine

Title:	Large grand fir tree
Date:	September 1996
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Green Ridge area, Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Jim Tardif standing near one of the Umatilla National Forest's biggest grand fir trees (Abies grandis); this tree is near Green Ridge, which has a large concentration of big trees--in 1996, this tree measured 75 inches in diameter and 200 feet in height.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	3176.02kb
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Large grand fir tree

Title:	Large Douglas-fir tree
Date:	September 1996
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Green Ridge area, Pomeroy Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Jim Tardif standing near one of the Umatilla National Forest's biggest interior Douglas-fir trees (Pseudotsuga menziesii glauca) measuring 69 inches in diameter (18 feet in circumference) and 153 feet in height; Green Ridge area
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	3855.34kb
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Large Douglas-fir tree

Title:	Large diameter grand fir tree
Date:	2000
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Mottet Creek drainage, Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a very large-diameter grand fir tree located in the Mottet Creek drainage (approximately 80 inches in diameter and 140 feet tall); Forest Service employees Dave Powell, Kathy Campbell, Nancy Berlier, and Bill Collar are standing near the tree.
Source:	Digital Camera
File Size:	1950.66kb
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Large diameter grand fir tree

Title:	Large ponderosa pine tree
Date:	2010
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Wickiup Creek drainage, Heppner Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a large ponderosa pine tree located in the Wickiup Creek drainage (approximately 60 inches in diameter and about 140 feet tall); Forest Service employee Mark Henjum is standing near the tree (and he is examining a large fire scar at its base).
Source:	Digital Camera
File Size:	5501.55kb
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Large ponderosa pine tree

Title:	Large water birch tree
Date:	1993
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Pomeroy Ranger District, Tucannon River drainage, Washington State
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a large water birch tree located in the Tucannon River drainage (approximately 26 inches in diameter and about 50 feet tall); for several years this tree was the Washington State champion for this species.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	3430.21kb
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Large water birch tree

Title:	Oregon champion mountain alder
Date:	2001
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	North Fork John Day Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a large mountain alder located in the owen Creek drainage (approximately 25 inches in diameter and about 50 feet tall); Forest Service employee Scott McDonald is standing near the tree (and he is wearing a big-tree t-shirt).
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	1345.64kb
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Oregon champion mountain alder

Title:	A large lodgepole pine
Date:	2000
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	North Fork John Day Ranger District, Desolation Meadows, Grant County, northeastern Oregon
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Large lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) tree in the Umatilla National Forest big-tree program, growing in a grassy area near the edge of Desolation Meadows, showing nominator Scott McDonald standing near the tree and a yellow, big-tree placard nailed to the tree; Grant County, North Fork John Day Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest, northeastern Oregon.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	1595.16kb
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A large lodgepole pine

Title:	A Large Grande Fir
Date:	2001
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Lookingglass Creek drainage, Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a large grand fir tree located in the Little Lookingglass Creek drainage (approximately 74 inches in diameter and about 130 feet tall); Forest Service employee Bill Collar is standing near the tree.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	6207.77kb
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A Large Grande Fir

Title:	Measuring the diameter of a large aspen
Date:	2001
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Walla Walla Ranger District, Lookingglass Creek drainage
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Either tree diameter or circumference is measured for big trees at a point 4 1/2 feet above the ground. This image shows diameter being measured for a large aspen tree in the Lookingglass Creek drainage in 2001 (the tree blew over a few years after this image was acquired; the tree had been the national champion aspen up to that time); Forest Service employee Bill Collar is completing the diameter measurement.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	3031.53kb
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Measuring the diameter of a large aspen

Title:	Big aspen tree at Proctor Creek
Date:	November 2000
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	This is a large aspen tree at Proctor Creek (approximately 30 inches in diameter and about 110 feet tall); Forest Service employees Nancy Berlier and Bill Collar are standing near the tree.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	1644.29kb
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Big aspen tree at Proctor Creek

Title:	Nailing Big Tree Sign to Aspen Tree
Date:	November 2000
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Walla Walla Ranger District
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	When trees are added to the Forest's big-tree program, a plastic sign is nailed to them (generally at eye height or slightly higher), primarily so other employees know it has been nominated and is already in the program.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	1569.26kb
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Nailing Big Tree Sign to Aspen Tree

Title:	Black Cottonwood Tree
Date:	2001
Forest Name:	Umatilla National Forest
Location:	Lookingglass Creek drainage, Union County, Walla Walla Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	Large black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) tree (54.9" DBH, 144' tall) in the Umatilla NF big-tree program.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	5585.07kb
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Black Cottonwood Tree

Title:	Norwegian Bark Sniffing
Date:	2012
Forest Name:	Umatilla
Location:	Walla Walla Ranger District; Swamp Creek
Credit:	Dave Powell
Description:	An excellent example of the Norwegian bark sniffing technique being used with a 64-inch diameter grand fir. Note how the posture is straight (knees not bent), and close proximity to the tree allows full capture of bark scents.
Source:	Digital camera
File Size:	8825.73kb
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Comments:	Mark Henjum; Wildlife Biologist

64-Inch Grand Fir at Swamp Creek

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