About >>The Duke Forest
at 75: A Resource for All Seasons
There are 2 main options for ordering The Duke Forest at 75: A Resource for All Seasons
1. Order directly from the Duke
Forest by:
calling (919) 613-8013 or
emailing dukeforest@duke.edu
2. Order online through the Gothic Bookshop by clicking the following links:
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Price:
The cost is $21.95 (soft cover) and $26.95 (case bound),
plus shipping and handling and an additional 7%
sales tax for North Carolina residents. The Gothic Booshop offers 10 and 20% discounts on soft and hard cover books, respectively.
From the Inside of the Book Jacket:
Beginning in the mid-1920s, Duke University purchased many
small farms and interspersed forestland as a buffer and
expansion land for the new campus. These tracts, totaling
4,696 acres, became the Duke Forest in 1931 when they
were placed under the stewardship of Dr. Clarence Korstian,
the first director of the Duke Forest and dean of the
School of Forestry.
Through the following years, largely
through the efforts of Dr. Korstian, some of the income
derived from the sale of forest products was used to
purchase additional land. Today the Duke Forest covers
over 7,000 acres of land in six divisions.
Early objectives of the Duke Forest were designed to complement
the School of Forestry’s mission to advance graduate forestry
education in the Southeast United States. The Duke Forest
objectives were: to demonstrate practical and economical
techniques for managing timber; to develop an experimental
forest for research in the sciences associated with growing
timber; and to provide an outdoor laboratory for students
of forestry.
Over the years, academic uses of the Duke Forest
have broadened beyond the original forestry objectives
to encompass a variety of disciplines in the natural and
environmental sciences. Now the Duke Forest is nationally
recognized as a premier facility for outdoor education
and environmental science research.
