Carl A. Schenck
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Carl Alwin Schenck was a German forester and pioneering forestry educator. When Schenck came to the United States to work for George W. Vanderbilt at the Biltmore Estate, he became the third formally
Carl Alwin Schenck, circa. 1910
Schenck (far right) with William Schlich (middle, front row) and other students, Saxony, 1892
The Black Forest Lodge of the Biltmore Forestry School in Transylvania County, North Carolina
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
Carl A. Schenck
…for George W. Vanderbilt at the Biltmore Estate, he became the third formally trained forester in the United States. He established and operated the Biltmore Forest School, the first forestry school in North America, on Vanderbilt's property. Schenck also helped create the forestry school at Sewanee: The University of the…
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