French National School of Forestry

Nancy National Water and Forest School student in 2nd lieutenant forest hunter military corps uniform in 1889.

The French National School of Forestry (École nationale des eaux et forêts, or National School of Water Resources and Forestry), established in Nancy, France, in 1824, was the first national training institute for foresters in France, and a premier early school of forestry in Europe and globally.

In 1964, it was merged into the National School of Rural Engineering, Water Resources and Forestry (École nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts, or ENGREF), which in turn became part of AgroParisTech (Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l’environnement, or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences) in 2006.

Notable alumni

• Georges Fabre
• James Sykes Gamble
• Augustine Henry
• David Hutchins
• Louis Lavauden
• Charles Lane Poole
• Gifford Pinchot

See also

• Agro ParisTech
• List of historic schools of forestry

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons