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a view toward Mount Pisgah 30 miles away. I would be near there tomorrow during my drive of part of the Blue Ridge Parkway. George Vanderbilt originally owned all of this and what a great legacy was created down the road.
National Forest Foundation: What was once part of the massive Biltmore Estate grounds is now the Pisgah National Forest. Without the early management and leadership of the Vanderbilt family, American forestry would not have had its early beginnings.
In 1892 Olmsted hired a trained forester by the name of Gifford Pinchot, who would eventually go on to become the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Pinchot implemented a management plan that improved the forest while returning a profit to the landowner, the first of its kind in America and served as a national model.
In 1914, Edith Vanderbilt sold approximately 86,700 acres of the estate’s forested mountain land, known as Pisgah Forest, to the federal government, creating the Pisgah National Forest.
National Forest Foundation: What was once part of the massive Biltmore Estate grounds is now the Pisgah National Forest. Without the early management and leadership of the Vanderbilt family, American forestry would not have had its early beginnings.
In 1892 Olmsted hired a trained forester by the name of Gifford Pinchot, who would eventually go on to become the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Pinchot implemented a management plan that improved the forest while returning a profit to the landowner, the first of its kind in America and served as a national model.
In 1914, Edith Vanderbilt sold approximately 86,700 acres of the estate’s forested mountain land, known as Pisgah Forest, to the federal government, creating the Pisgah National Forest.