George H. Wirt
(1880-1961)
Pennsylvania’s first professionally trained forester and co-founder and first director of the State Forest Academy begun here in 1903. A protege of Dr. Joseph T. Rothrock, Wirt advocated learning through theory and practice and set pioneering trends in forestry education. Architect of forest protection legislation enacted in 1915 and a successful wildfire protection plan. Wirt served as Chief Forest Fire Warden, 1915-1946.
Marker is at the intersection of Park Street (Pennsylvania Route 233) and Slabtown Road on Park Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
