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Logging in Pisgah Forest. Dr. Carl Schenck's Ranger Cyrus T. Rankin in foreground, with whip.

(1 of 2) Big Creek after splashing - a form of erosion caused by logging and forestry.

(2 of 2) Big Creek after splashing - a form of erosion caused by logging and forestry.

Poplar logs lying in Big Creek. These logs will be carried by water released from a purposely built 'splash' dam.

Natural regeneration of pine in the Biltmore woods freed from the oaks overshading it. Mrs. Schenck on right (Dr. Schenck's first wife)

Natural seed regeneration of the Yellow Poplar (tulip tree) on Big Creek.

Yellow Poplar Seedlings on Chestnut Flats, Big Creek Valley in 1897. The seedlings are made visible by a piece of white paper behind each one of them.

White Pine regeneration near the Schoolhouse in the Pink Beds. Dr. Schenck amongst the trees.

Undergrowth in primeval woods taken for Forest Festival. Mrs. Schenck's hat on an old copse.

Second growth Yellow Poplar on Avery Creek. Carr Lumber Company cut this stand in 1917 or 18 (Verne Rhoades)