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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		A Sinking Ship Full of Foresters
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:19
	Publish Date:		2021-01-20 05:33:50
	Description:		Cornelius Harrington, a native of Hurley, grew up in the Northwoods and maintained a lifelong dedication to the land he loved. Before his career could take off, his forestry skills made him invaluable to the U.S. Army in World War I. Before getting there, however, Harrington survived a harrowing shipwreck. Cornelius Harrington, who was known around the state as Neal, was born in 1891 in the town of Hurley. He entered college in 1909 and finished in 1913 with a degree in forestry from the University of Michigan. During summer breaks he could be found working the Trout Lake Pine Nursery. He went on to have a long and influential career with Wisconsin’s Forest Conservation Service. But like so many young men of his generation, World War I intervened before he could get started. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, Harrington volunteered for the army. Because of his education he was given the rank of First Sergeant and assigned to the 6 th Battalion, 20 th Engineers Forestry. The 20 th
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