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Bureau of Forestry Celebrates 125 Years of Conserving Penn's Woods (PA)

from GantNews, Aug. 11, 2020

Bureau of Forestry Celebrates 125 Years of Conserving Penn's Woods (PA) GantNews, Aug. 11, 2020 This summer, the Bureau of Forestry celebrates a true milestone — its 125-year anniversary, also known as a "quasquicentennial" and a long existence for any organization. If we could turn back the clock to the bureau’s inception, we would see a denuded landscape plagued by rampant and uncontrolled wildfires. We would see streams severely impacted by sedimentation. We would also observe visionaries like Joseph Rothrock and Mira Lloyd Dock and later, Gifford Pinchot, stepping forward with an eye to the future and what Penn's Woods could be. READ MORE

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