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The Forest Legacy Program was established in the 1990 United States farm bill to protect environmentally important forest lands that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses. It provides federal funding for conservation easements and fee simple purchases.
Carl Alwin Schenck (March 25, 1868 – May 17, 1955) was a German forester and pioneering forestry educator. [1] [2] When Schenck came to the United States to work for George W. Vanderbilt at the Biltmore Estate, he became the third formally trained forester in the United States. [3]
The Forest Legacy Program has two main goals. The first is to support property acquisition and the second is to acquire donated conservation easements. Participation in the FLP program is limited to private land owners and the federal government funds up to 75% of the costs that are involved.
The New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University was established on July 28, 1911, through a bill signed by New York Governor John Alden Dix. [9] The previous year, Governor Charles Hughes had vetoed a bill authorizing such a college. [10] Both bills followed the state's defunding in 1903 of the New York State College of Forestry ...
The 6,500 acres (2,600 ha) historic site includes the Forest Discovery Center, an indoor forestry and forest conservation history museum, gift shop, and café. [ 18 ] [ 4 ] There are two guided trails that include several of the school's original buildings, a 1914 Climax logging locomotive , and a portable sawmill . [ 17 ]
[10] 98% of forest cover in the United States is natural with the remaining 2% being plantation land. 33% of the United States is made up of forests. Out of the 33% of the U.S. covered by forests, 37% make up subtropical forests. 48% make up temperate forests. The remaining 15% consists of boreal forests. [11]
In “ Vietnam: The War That Changed America,” a six-part docuseries debuting Friday on Apple TV+, Broyles recounts how he was so scared in his first firefight that he lost his voice and had to ...
A brief history of forestry in Europe, the United States and other countries, 3d. ed. Toronto: Toronto University Press; and Washington, DC: American Forestry Association. Kuhlberg, Mark. 2009. One Hundred Rings and Counting: Forestry Education and Forestry in Toronto and Canada, 1907-2007. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.