re: Measuring trees for Louisiana/National big tree registry

For those that believe their big tree hadn't been seen before...I've worked with taxo botanists..they have been probably to every acre in the state the last 40 years. In fact the world's most prolific plant collector collected mainly in Louisiana for 30 years. Then you have dozens of others that have collected tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands more specimens. Just making a point that their are multiple occupations that look at trees/plants and make note of any "noteworthy" trees.