Record #:

20173

Author(s):

Ney, Amy

Abstract:

Pioneers in the management of American forestry got their start in western North Carolina in the late 1800s. With George Vanderbilt's backing, Carl Alwin Schenck faced the monumental challenge of managing thousands of acres of eroding forestland; together they developed the first map in the US for the purpose of large-scale forest management and established the Biltmore Forest School, the first forestry school in America.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 45 Issue 7, Jul 2013, p12-13, f

Subject(s):

Vanderbilt, George Washington II, 1862-1914