Yakima Central Library: Valley Reads Film Screening

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Event Details

Watch the Emmy Award–winning documentary, America’s First Forest, which tells the story of Carl Schenck, a German forester who came to America in 1895 to manage the forests at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. While Schenck was originally tasked with over-seeing the restoration of the land, he also established the first forestry school in the United States and helped launch the American conservation movement. 

Film run-time: 55 minutes



Event Type(s): Films / Películas
Age Group(s): adults / adultos