Near Tupper Lake in Franklin County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bernhard E. Fernow

This Forest Plantation and Trail... Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Peter Linehan, August 10, 2006

1. This Forest Plantation and Trail... Marker

Inscription. This Forest Plantation and Trail dedicated to Bernhard E. Fernow, 1851-1923.

“I have been unusually lucky to see the results of my work. I have been a plowman who hardly expected to see the crop greening, yet fate has been good to me in letting me catch at least a glimpse of the ripening harvest.”

Erected by the New York Society of American Foresters.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry.

Location. 44° 15.121′ N, 74° 20.802′ W. Marker is near Tupper Lake, New York, in Franklin County. Marker can be reached from New York State Route 30. The marker is in a 68 acre tract along a self-guided nature trail in Fernow Forest in the Adirondacks. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tupper Lake NY 12986, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 3 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Big Mill (approx. 6.1 miles away); The Site of Camp S-60 (approx. 13.8 miles away); Pettis' Grave (approx. 13.9 miles away).

Regarding Bernhard E. Fernow. Fernow was a German-born forester who helped establish the practice of forestry in the United States. In 1898 he was appointed the director

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of a new forestry school at Cornell University. Later he began experiments in the clearcutting method of timber harvesting at this site. In the resulting controversy with the neighbors, the school lost funding from the state of New York in 1903. Fernow went on to teach at the University of Toronto. His methods, inspired by practice in Germany, were later vindicated.

Also see . . . Fernow Forest Website. (Submitted on May 29, 2007.)

Boulder with marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Peter Linehan, August 10, 2006

2. Boulder with marker.

View of the forest today image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Peter Linehan, August 10, 2006

3. View of the forest today

Credits. This page was last revised on January 20, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 29, 2007, by Peter Linehan of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,294 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 29, 2007, by Peter Linehan of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.