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Stagg has sat upon the private land of the Rouch family, making it the largest privately owned tree in the world. However, it remains freely accessible to the public.
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L. Day noticed the tree in 1931 and, with help from two others, made measurements of it in 1932. Wendell Flint, the author (with photographer Mike Law) of
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In 1993, a group of climbers scaled the full height of the tree and discovered a hollow room inside its trunk near the very top.
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announced it had agreed to pay the Rouch family $ 15.6 million by December 31 to formally protect Stagg and the
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Aerial footage of the Stagg Tree; Copyright: Animal Planet, Redwood Kings, 2013.
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Composite image of the Stagg Tree; Copyright: photographer James Balog
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who spent much of the last several decades of his life coaching in
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This article related to a protected area in California is a
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The Stagg Tree – the fifth largest tree in the world
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giant sequoia
Alder Creek Grove
California
Sierra Nevada mountains
fifth largest tree in the world
Lincoln
Sequoia National Park
Boole
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Stockton
San Joaquin Valley
Save the Redwoods League
surrounding grove
U.S. Forest Service
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Boole Tree
Converse Basin Grove
Castle Fire
bole
List of largest giant sequoias
List of individual trees
List of oldest trees


"Biggest private sequoia grove to be preserved in deal with Redwoods League"
"Stagg Tree - Famous Redwoods"
"Study: One California wildfire killed 10% of world's giant sequoias"
Composite image of the Stagg Tree; Copyright: photographer James Balog

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