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Walter E. Scott
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Walter Scott (1911-1983) posing in front of the gnarled trunk of a box elder tree at his home, Hickory Hill House. Scott was employed by the Wisconsin Department of Conservation, and later by the Department of Natural Resources, for many years. From 1946 until his retirement in 1974, he maintained the records of the "big tree program" which listed the largest trees in the state.
1979
Hoffmann, B-Wolfgang
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Allison and Hoffmann
1979
R. Bruce Allison, left, and B. Wolfgang Hoffman posing in front of the massive trunk of a tree. Allison, an arborist, is the author, and Hoffmann the photographer, of the 1980 book, Wisconsin's Cha...
Walter Koehn
1979
Wally Koehn (1915-1998) posing with his left forearm resting against the giant trunk of a northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) on the Wrigley estate "Green Gables." Koehn, a native of Germany, was t...
Tree
1979
A cropped view of a tree, looking upward, accentuates the pattern and texture of the bark as the branches extend outward. There is a light dusting of snow on the tree.
Shagbark Hickory
1982
A tall, shagbark hickory standing alone on a small island in the middle of Edgewood Drive near its west end. A woman walking in the roadway is dwarfed by the tall tree. There is snow on the ground....
Champion Shagbark Hickory
1979
A specimen of Carya ovata judged in 1979 to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin. The tree stands on the Blackhawk Country Club golf course in Madison. There is a stone with a plaque ...
Willow Drive
1982
Large specimens of Salix alba line Willow Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Some of the trees date from the 1890s, and many have scars from branches that have been pruned due to ...
