Biltmore Forest School
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The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. Carl A. Schenck founded this school of "practical forestry" in 1896 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Ashevil
Biltmore Forest School schoolhouse
Students inspecting a forest rail line, Darmstadt, Germany, circa 1912
First Ranger's House on exhibit at the Cradle of Forestry.
Hell Hole student quarters
Raphael Zon
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Raphael Zon was a prominent U.S. Forest Service researcher.
Raphael Zon as a younger man (left) and as an older man