Trees that are candidates for becoming a champion must be measured and assigned points for their height, circumference and canopy size. Volunteers are trained to gather these measurements and report them to the forest service to nominate a tree.
To learn more about volunteering to measure and nominate a tree and to see current Champion Trees of Kansas visit: https://www.kansasforests.org/discover_kansas_forests/championtrees.html. (Cynthia Domenghini)