NC state forester Virginia Russell measures the state champion hemlock tree in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, NC

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State champion hemlock is measured by Virginia Russell, NC Forest Service official for champion tree program, in the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, part of the Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in Graham County, NC, near Robbinsville.

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Location: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Nantahala National Forest, Robbinsville, NC
Photo credit: © Jim Hargan/www.harganonline.com / Alamy / Afripics
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