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America’s First Forest @ McMenamins
September 29, 2016 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$5Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment tell 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 1-hour documentary film is produced for the Forest History Society by Bonesteel Films.