Brennan said the Christmas tree industry is trying to attract new farmers and better share best practices — like pruning techniques after a frost — that may help growers adapt to climate change.

Big-tree searcher Colin Spratt stands by a western red cedar in North Vancouver's Lynn Headwaters Regional Park. He and biologist Ian Thomas measured the diameter at breast height (DBH) as being ...

In Lynn Headwaters, the largest diameter recorded for a tree was 5.1 metres, also a red cedar. Any tree over 4.8 metres wide would be in the province's top 13 ranking.