Record #:

9325

Author(s):

Lancaster, Lee S.

Abstract:

The Cradle of Forestry in America, located in western North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest, commemorates the founding of scientific forestry in America. In the 1880s, George Vanderbilt retained the services of Frederick Law Olmsted whose experiments in re-building the forests of the Biltmore Estate paved the way for his successor, Gifford Pinchot, America's first practicing scientific forester. Carl Alwin Schenck expanded on Pinchot's work and founded the Biltmore Forest School, the first school of forestry in the United States.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 42 Issue 1, June 1974, p8-12, 68, il, por

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School

Record #:

24846

Author(s):

Dunlap, Julie

Abstract:

Professional forestry in America began on the Biltmore property owned by George Vanderbuilt. Wanting to preserve the large amount of forest on the land, Vanderbuilt hired two different foresters from Europe to do so. One began the nation’s first forestry school and the area is now known as the Cradle of Forestry.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 80 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 2016, p36-38, il, por, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School; Biltmore Forest; Forestry management--Asheville; Forestry

Record #:

7873

Author(s):

Foster, Eden

Abstract:

When George Vanderbilt purchased 125,000 acres near Asheville to build his home, Biltmore, he also hired landscape architects and forestry experts to restore land that had been eroded and poorly harvested. He hired the well-known forester Gilford Pinchot to implement sound forestry practices. When Pinchot left to head the U.S. Forest Service in 1895, Vanderbilt replaced him with Carl Schenck, a forester from Germany. Schenck founded the Biltmore Forest School in 1898, the first forestry school in the nation. During the school's fifteen years of operation, 350 foresters from all over the country graduated. What they learned and later practiced in their home areas laid the foundations for forest management practices that we take for granted today. The school and 6,500 acres surrounding it were designated a national historic site in 1976.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 1, June 2006, p168-170, 172, 174, 176-177, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School; Schenck, Carl Alvin, 1868-1955; Forests and forestry--Asheville

Record #:

4190

Author(s):

Liles, Granville

Abstract:

When George Vanderbilt purchased 125,000 acres near Asheville to build his home, Biltmore, he also hired landscape architects and forestry experts to restore land that had been eroded and poorly harvested. He hired Carl Schenck, a forester from Germany, in 1895. Schenck founded the Biltmore Forest School in 1898, the first forestry school in the nation. The school and 6,400 acres surrounding it were designated a national historic site in 1976.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 58 Issue 5, Oct 1990, p31-33, il, por

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School; Schenck, Carl Alvin, 1868-1955; Forestry management--Asheville; Forests and forestry--Asheville

Record #:

36410

Author(s):

David Seiler

Abstract:

The author talks about the Biltmore Forest School, the first Forestry School in America. It was started on George Vanderbilt’s property in Pisgah Forest.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Winter 1982, p15, il

Subject(s):

Biltmore Forest School; Pisgah National Forest

Record #:

24677

Author(s):

Krinbill, Howard R.

Abstract:

The author discusses the history of forestry in North Carolina, which began with the first forestry school in the United States being founded by Dr. C. A. Schenk on the George W. Vanderbilt Estate at Biltmore in 1898.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 22 Issue 14, December 1954, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Forestry schools and education; Biltmore Forest School; Biltmore Forest