Cradle of Forestry

Cradle of Forestry

Cradle of Forestry

Cradle of Forestry

Pisgah National Forest is also home of the Cradle of Forestry in America offers a snap shot of life at America's first school of Forestry.

The Cradle of Forestry is the birthplace of Forest Conservation in America. The facility is opened from 13 April, 2013 through 19 Oct. 2013. Forestry in the United States began at the Pisgah National Forest and George Vanderbilt, who built the Biltmore house and owned many, many, acres, was an initial promoter of forestry.

Take a walk along the picturesque Forest Festival Trail complete with a restored 1915 logging locomotive, or take a ride with firefighters aboard a helicopter on their way to a roaring fire in the wilds of Idaho in the Forest Discovery Center Exhibit Hall.