The New York State College of Forestry, the first professional school of forestry in North America, opened its doors at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, in the autumn of 1898. It was advocated
Bernhard Fernow, first Dean of the College
Students and Loggers in Permanent Camp on the Cornell Forest Reserve
Hunter Mountain, Twilight (1866) by Hudson River School artist Sanford Robinson Gifford, showing the devastation wrought by years of tanbarking and logging.
Fernow Hall, Cornell University
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
History of the New York State College of Forestry
…college. In preparation for assuming this new post, Fernow visited George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate, where Dr. Carl A. Schenck was establishing the Biltmore Forest School. Fernow saw the mission of forestry education as different, if complementary, to that envisioned by Schenk. In subsequent correspondence with Schenck…
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