up at Cornell served as the model for professional forestry programs in North America. Fernow's most enduring contributions were his work on the Forest Reserve Act of 1891 and the Organic Act of 1897 for the United States Congress. The Journal of Forestry, now official publication of the Society of American Foresters, continues publication to this day. Mount Fernow, the eighth highest mountain in Washington state, in Chelan County, was named for Bernhard Fernow by Albert H. Sylvester. According to the Washington Placenames database, there is second, smaller Mount Fernow, in King County; and a series of five lakes in Washington state, also named after Fernow. Fernow Hall at Cornell University was built in 1912 and named after Fernow. The Fernow Experimental Forest, a outdoor laboratory and classroom run by the United States Forest Service, was established in 1934 near Parsons, West Virginia and named for Fernow. A plaque honoring Fernow is placed at within Fernow Forest, a 68-acre (27.5 ha) remnant of the plantings from the failed experimental forest in what is now the Adirondack Park. A self-guided nature trail can be followed through the forest that includes specimens of Eastern White Pine and Norway Spruce planted as a part of the Cornell Demonstration Forest. Works The White Pine (1899) Report upon Forestry Investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture 1877-98 (1899) Economics of Forestry (1902) History of Forestry (1907) The Care of Trees (1911) In addition, he issued many other official reports and bulletins as part of his work for the USDA. See also History of papermaking in New York History of the New York State College of Forestry New York State College of Forestry at Cornell References Notes Further reading Rodgers, Andrew D. 1951. Bernhard Eduard Fernow: A Story of North American Forestry. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. External links Bernhard E. Fernow (Forest History Society) University of Toronto Faculty of Forestry Journal of Forestry 1851 births 1923 deaths American conservationists Cornell University faculty Forestry academics History of forestry in the United States History of forestry education German conservationists German emigrants to the United States New York State College of Forestry People from Inowrocław People from the Province of Posen University of Königsberg alumni University of Toronto faculty United States Forest Service officials American foresters German foresters