Bernhard Fernow is appointed as the third Chief of the Division of Forestry and begins to reorganize the division with a goal to establish a national forest system and introduce scientific forest management. Some call Fernow the “father of professional forestry in the United States.”

Bernhard Fernow also promoted scientific forest management. Some call Fernow the “father of professional forestry in the United States.” 

Read more about Bernhard Fermow at the Forest History Society.