Media Information 

For Immediate Release 

Grey Towers National Historic Landmark 

Information Contact: Lori McKean

 (570) 296-9630 
lmckean@fs.fed.us 

Release#11-11 

Learn Conservation History on Forest Hike 


MILFORD PA – A hike through the forest will introduce visitors to the 
history of conservation in America on Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Grey Towers 
National Historic Site, 122 Old Owego Turnpike, Milford, PA 

The moderate hike, which begins at 1:30 pm, will bring participants to the 
campsite replica of the Yale School of Forestry students who studied at Grey 
Towers in the early 20th century. 

Regular tour fees apply and participants can tour the Grey Towers mansion 
for half price when tickets are purchased together. 

In the early 1900s, when forestry was just a seed of an idea in America, the 
Pinchot family endowed the Yale School of Forestry and hosted its summer school 
field experience on the grounds of the family home, Grey Towers. The Forest 
Service at Grey Towers offers public programs that illustrate the significance of 
this era and the role that the Pinchot family and Grey Towers played in 
conservation in America. 

In addition to the introduction to forestry history, the program will address 
some of today’s forest management challenges, such as invasives, deer 
overpopulation and insect infestations. 

Participants should meet at Grey Towers and dress for the weather, 
including appropriate shoes for steep and uneven terrain. 

For more information and to register for the program, please call 570-2969630 
or email greytowers@fs.fed.us. 

USDA Forest Service, PO Box 188, Milford, PA 18337