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America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary, History

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America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)

TV Movie | 55 min | Documentary, History

'America's First Forest' is the first full-length, in-depth film ever made about legendary forester Carl Schenck and his work at the Biltmore Estate. The film explores Schenck's life and legacy at the turn of the twentieth century, and the...See more'America's First Forest' is the first full-length, in-depth film ever made about legendary forester Carl Schenck and his work at the Biltmore Estate. The film explores Schenck's life and legacy at the turn of the twentieth century, and the many ways his work, forestry school, and ideas continue to shape our thinking about American forests. 'America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment' is produced by the Forest History Society in cooperation with Bonesteel Films. The film tells the story of how Carl Schenck applied Frederick Law Olmsted's vision of introducing forestry to America on George Vanderbilt's magnificent Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Vanderbilt's 120,000-acre forest was America's first scientifically managed forest. Home to the nation's first forestry school, it inspired the call for creating national forests in the eastern United States. Although probably best known as the author of the classic memoir, Cradle of Forestry in America, Schenck is also renowned for his work as an educator, forester, lumberman, and forest conservation advocate. Central to Schenck's extraordinary career was the establishment of the Biltmore Forest School, America's first and arguably most influential school of forestry. With the Biltmore Forest School and his experiments on the ground, Schenck laid the foundation for the conservation movement in the twentieth century, which continues to inspire people today. See less

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James G. Lewis Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Char Miller Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
Carlyle Franklin Self - Forester Self - Forester See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Chuck Leavell Self - Tree Farmer / Musician Self - Tree Farmer / Musician See fewer	Triangle Park (2023)
Ron Rash Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Serena (I) (2014)
Rob Neufeld Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The Mystery of George Masa (2002)
Bill Alexander Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Ellen Rickman Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Kevin Ude Carl Schenck Carl Schenck See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Peter Van Rijssen George W. Vanderbilt George W. Vanderbilt See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Jeffrey Alexander Gifford Pinchot Gifford Pinchot See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Wayne Wheeler Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted See fewer	The Lighthouses of North America (1997)
Neill Clark Older Carl Schenck Older Carl Schenck See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Brad Davidorf Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Transformers: War for Cybertron (2010)
Russell A. Bryan Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	R.E.D.D. (2015)
John Cantley Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Jerry Dean Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Evan Friedman Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	Who Leaves First? (2016)
James Hall Forester Forester See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Bert Hardwick Homesteader Homesteader See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Jane Hardwick Homesteader Homesteader See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Ethan Henry Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Seth Loeb Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	Bleed (I) (2016)
Kevin Moxley Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Stephen Wheeler Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Spencer Williams Biltmore Forestry Student Biltmore Forestry Student See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)
Chad Zemp Forester Forester See fewer	America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment (2015)

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