SPECIES: Blue spruce (Picea pungens)
HEIGHT: 85-feet at harvest, 65-feet delivered
AGE: 70 years old
WEIGHT: approximately 9,000 lbs at harvest
DIAMETER OF TRUNK AT BASE: 27 inches
WIDTH OF TREE AT BASE OF CROWN: 30-feet
HARVESTED FROM: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Alpine District
HONORARY NAME: Aldo Leopold Centennial Tree
DISTANCE TRAVELED: 4,600+ miles from Arizona to Washington, D.C.
COMPANION TREES: 80 additional trees displayed throughout Capitol Complex offices
COMPANION TREE ORNAMENTS: 4,000 handcrafted ornaments from groups throughout Arizona
CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENTS: 6,000 handcrafted ornaments from Arizona school children
TOUR STOPS: 28 stops in Arizona with community events in 10 days
SOCIAL MEDIA: First Capitol Christmas Tree project to use social media: Twitter and Facebook
GREEN INITIATIVE: First Capitol Christmas Tree project to use bio-fuel and a hybrid vehicle
MEDIA ATTENTION: Nielsen audience of 42 million people viewed tree coverage
MEDIA VALUE: $2.1 million in estimated media value
TV TIME: 14 hours, 28 minutes
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION: Europe, China, Taiwan, Russia, Poland and Mexico







