New-York tribune., 1900-08-06
THE VANDERBILT FOREST.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST POACHERs-THE
SCHOOL OF FORESTRY.
From Forest and Stream.

From Forest and Stream.
The Pisgah forest has cost Vanderbilt some
thing like $50 00O or about s. 90 acre. He has
possibie. and now his rangers are the only deni-
zens. There five of them, all picked men OF
dead shots One of them comes 70 meet the Pill
grims and looks a. their permit, when Is very very
name is Kearns is q type Of the rangers. good
peating eR gu rifle siung at his back saddle bags and
Toncho To him these mountain wllds are hke & an
keen o5en the roads and the trails see that the
boundary fence. three hundred miles in length, is
all right; keep out poachers, look after the game
and the trout, and always be on the alert for tim
ber stealers. The poachers would come from near
and far TO catch the trout or rather TO XII them
pools where the big fellows turk to kill the
Pepuary m or the O wid turkeys At an incredibls
distance the trained ear of the ranger will hear
fender unerringly, even into other counties. and
There are 265 miles of trail in this forest. the
trails leading alongside each trout stream. There
Trail and road are always kept in readiness
against MI Tapder6S ID eong r de IS TbG as @ 6ns
miles OF shooting paths 6he LAYER n5teen en- fset IN
When deer are driven they must cross these paths.
and by means Of the latter alone the hunter
The absence of noises other than those made by
the streams IS one OF the most noticed @ things:
still is any feathered thing seen. So perfect and
so dense is the that deer lie unseen only
only one was flushed and only a few pheasants
were seen. The sharp footmarks Of the deer are
constantly visible in the trails and alongside the
streams are the footprints of the wildcat. High
overhead the golden eagle is seen soaring. and
Ranger Kearns shows mounted specimen which
be killed with a revolver as 1t sat In treetop
eighty yards away.
student, yet, stated, all things are Kept ready
for him. His pleasure is the pleasure Of others;
On his last visit he only caught one trout nor did
good horsewoman, and rode pony up and down
fhe steepest trails. Under protection native trout
are rapidly restocking the streams without arti-
cIal propa CATION In some Of the streams rainbow
trout from California have been placed. but these
are not so satisfactory fish. They rapidly lose
their rich colors, and have TO be quickly eaten to
be palatable while the trout of the locality, prop
erlV dressed keep we'll In the old days, before
there was protection there were caught in two
davs in this very forest $50 trout and most OF this
needless slaughter was pure waste.
At Biltmore Mr.. Vanderbilt has arboretum,
one of the largest in the world, and the pioneer in
the United States. This was formerly under the
direction of Clifford Pinchot. who is at present
head forester Of the United States; 1t Is now under
the direction Of Dr. Schenck as forester. In this
trees and shrubs have been planted. PiSgah forest
is the complement Of the arboretum, and in these
wild woods DR. Schenck has q lodge where he
spends much of each summer with his class. In
The latter are often youths Of wealth and high
social position who wish TO study forestrya study
which the United States sorely needs since
many millions daily devoting themselves 20 the
task Of forest destruction and so few 10 conserva
ton.