Bernhard Fernow

Bernhard E. Fernow
Born(1851-01-07)January 7, 1851
Inowrocław, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia
DiedFebruary 6, 1923(1923-02-06) (aged 72)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CitizenshipPrussian, American
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsForestry
Institutions

Bernhard Eduard Fernow (/ˈfɜːrnaʊ/ FUR-now; January 7, 1851 – February 6, 1923) was the third chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 to 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905.[2][3] Fernow's philosophy toward forest management may be traced to Heinrich Cotta's preface to Anweisung zum Waldbau (Instruction in Silviculture)[4] or Linnaeus' ideas on the "economy of nature." Fernow has been called the "father of professional forestry in the United States."[5]

  1. ^ The Senate of the University of Toronto. 1923. Dr. B.E. Fernow -- An appreciation of his Services J Forest 21:311-315.
  2. ^ Williams, G.W. 2007. The Forest Service: Fighting for Public Lands. Greenwood Press. Westport, Connecticut. 459 p.
  3. ^ "The Origins of the National Forests (Wooden Politics: Bernhard Fernow and the Quest for a National Forest Policy, 1876-1898)". foresthistory.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
  4. ^ Forestry Quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1902. pp 3-5.
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