Bernhard Fernow - Legacy

Legacy

• His most enduring contributions were his work on the Forest Reserve Act of 1891 and the Forest Management 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 4,700-acre (19 km2) outdoor laboratory and classroom run by the United States Forest Service, was established in 1934 near Parsons, West Virginia and named for Fernow.