Cochampions will be listed when entries are very close in point totals. Any Mississippi champions that score more points than those listed in the National Register of Big Trees will be sent to A.F.A. for consideration. As a 4-H member involved in a forestry project, you can have some fun and get recognition at the same time by locating and nominating a Champion Big Tree. It may not be easy to find trees bigger than the champions already listed and may be even more difficult to find a new national champion. You might think it's nearly impossible to find a tree larger than the current champions, but you never know.
Some new champions replace old champion trees every year.
Someone is finding them, and it might as well be you. Another way to find a champion tree is to locate a tree of a species that has not yet been nominated and listed. Many different species grow in Mississippi that are not represented currently on the list of champions. Thus, any tree you find from a species that is not listed at present can be a new champion, no matter what its size. Another interesting way to become involved in the Big Tree Program is by starting a county program.