Description

America’s First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment tells the story of how Carl Schenck, a German forester, came to America in 1895 to manage the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. He not only helped restore the land there, he established the country’s first forestry school and helped launch the American conservation movement. The documentary film is produced for the Forest History Society by Bonesteel Films, and is closed-captioned in English and Spanish.

Included are the 55-minute broadcast version of America’s First Forest, the 28-minute adapted version First in Forestry, AND access to materials to help make your public screening a success! Contact Jamie Lewis if you have questions at james.lewis@foresthistory.org. AVAILABLE NOW FOR PUBLIC SCREENINGS. SCREENING LICENSE AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDED IN THE FEE.