History
The Biltmore stick is so named because it was developed at the Biltmore Estate, one of the first places in the US where forestry was applied as a science. Gifford Pinchot, future first chief of the US forest service, and then Carl A. Schenck were hired in the 1890s to restore 125,000 acres (510 km2) of land around the Biltmore estate to a healthy forest. Schenck was the developer of the Biltmore stick.
Ever since this time, the Biltmore stick has been used by foresters to quickly cruise timber.
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