To win this Maryland contest, be on the lookout for big trees

By Scott Detrow,

Daniel Ofman, Jeanette Woods

Published October 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM EDT

A hundred years ago, Maryland's first state forester challenged residents to find the state's biggest tree. Now the contest is back. Scott Detrow speaks with Joli McCathran of the Big Tree Program.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Daniel Ofman

Jeanette Woods

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