This exhibit features the recent participants in the Society’s collaboration with Camp Waskowitz to find the largest tree brought home by a camper.
Waskowitz Big Tree Contest
From the 1960s through the 1980s, sixth-graders in the Highline School District came home from their week at Camp Waskowitz with a fir seedling to plant in their yards as a reminder of lessons about forestry and conservation. Many of those trees still dot our landscape and have become a significant part of our local urban forest.
In 2014, the Highline Historical Society and the Waskowitz Foundation teamed up to co-sponsor a contest to identify the biggest Waskowitz tree still growing in our area. Students in the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences did the final judging. The owner of the winning tree and the student or family who planted the tree each received a plaque to commemorate this achievement, along with the bragging rights this honor brings.