In spite of removal of many trees from around urban areas, some pockets of old-growth forest still remain.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote about a few such remnant forests around Atlanta in an article earlier this week which noted that these forests have been recognized by the Maryland-based Old-Growth Forest Network.  You can read about it here.

Laura Seabrook stands in front of the City of Atlanta’s champion silver maple tree in Herbert Taylor Park in Midtown Atlanta’s Morningside area. The park is one of 14 old growth forests recently inducted into the national Old-Growth Forest Network. Contributed by Charles Seabrook