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Dr. Carl Alwen Schenck founded the first American school of forestry and brought his thorough training in scientific silviculture to the United States.       Carolina hemlock (left), sassafras and red maple at the Cradle of Forestry
Carolina hemlock (left), sassafras and red maple at the Cradle of Forestry

Biltmore Campus Trees:  These honored trees guard and adorn the schoolhouse German forester Carl Schenck built and used as the first forestry school in North America. 
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