Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this process. Here's what to know.

Every year the eastern cottonwood trees in Michigan release their fluffy seeds. The end of June likely marks the end of this process. Here's what to know.

The national champion eastern cottonwood breaks the horizon between Hickory Road and Hackberry in Gage County. On the east side of Bear Creek. On Kevin Naber’s land. Naber is a retired farm ...

Previously, the largest known eastern cottonwood tree was in Beatrice. This one along Pibel Lake beat it as the largest in the state and in the nation.