Pisgah National Forest : a history /

When George Vanderbilt constructed the Biltmore House, he hired forester Gifford Pinchot and later Dr. Carl A. Schenck to manage his forests. Over 80,000 of his woodland acres became the home of America's first forestry school and the heart of the East's first national forest formed under...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spencer, Marci
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Dr. James G. Lewis
  • Coming to the Mountains
  • A Gentleman Comes
  • U.S. Forestry Education : The Beginning
  • Establishing Pisgah National Forest
  • Moving Forward
  • Grandfather Ranger District
  • Appalachian Ranger District
  • Pisgah Ranger District.