Bernhard Fernow

Bernhard Fernow

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name = Bernhard E. Fernow


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birth_date = January 7, 1851
birth_place = Inowrocław, Province of Posen, Prussia
death_date = February 6, 1923
death_place = Toronto
residence = Ithaca, New York; Toronto
citizenship = United States
nationality = Prussian
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field = Forestry
work_institution = U.S. Division of Forestry (USDA), Cornell University, University of Toronto
alma_mater = University of Königsberg; Prussian Forest Academy at Münden [The Senate of the University of Toronto. 1923. Dr. B.E. Fernow -- An appreciation of his Services "J Forest" 21:311-315.]
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Bernhard Eduard Fernow (January 7 1851 – February 6 1923) was the Chief of the Division of Forestry of the United States from 1886 – 1898, preceding Gifford Pinchot in that position, and laying much of the groundwork for the establishment of the United States Forest Service in 1905. Called "the Father of American Forestry" [Williams, G.W. 2006. The Forest Service: Fighting for Public Lands. Greenwood Press. Westport, Connecticut. 459 p.] Fernow's philosophy toward forest management may be traced to Cotta's preface to "Anweisung zum Waldbau" (Instruction in Silviculture) [Forestry Quarterly. Vol. 1, No. 1, October 1902. pp 3-5.] or Linnaeus' "economy of nature".

Fernow was born in Hohensalza (Inowrocław) in Prussian Poland. After studying at the University of Königsberg and the Forest Academy at Münden, he immigrated to the United States.

As Chief Forester, Fernow's main policy goals were the establishment of a national forest system and introduction of scientific forest management. He produced many scientific reports while working toward the creation of national forests to protect watersheds. They were established in 1891 but placed under the control of the Department of Interior's General Land Office. He then labored in vain for their transfer from the GLO to his office in the Department of Agriculture.

After twelve years as Chief Forester, in 1898, Fernow resigned out of frustration to become the first dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell University. The program was the first four-year forestry school in the United States. When the college forest ran afoul of its rich neighbors in the Adirondacks, New York governor Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. vetoed an appropriation for the college's operating funds in 1903, effectively closing the school. In 1907, Fernow became the founding Dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Forestry, Canada's first university school devoted to forest science. He served as editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Forestry", which he had started at Cornell in 1902, until his death in 1923. [Hosmer, R.S. 1923. Dr. Fernow's life work. "J Forest" 21:320-323.] His reputation and legacy have suffered because of the success and self-promotional efforts of Gifford Pinchot and others at Fernow's expense.

External links

* [http://www.forestry.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry]
* [http://www.safnet.org/periodicals/jof/ Journal of Forestry]

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NAME= Fernow, Bernhard
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DATE OF BIRTH= 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH= Inowrocław
DATE OF DEATH= 1923
PLACE OF DEATH= Toronto


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