Howard D. Dorman Journal for the Northrup Creek Range Experiment, 1937-1938

Howard D. Dorman was a general mechanic at the John Jacob Astor Experiment Station from 1937 until his retirement in 1969 and provided technical assistance to various agricultural research projects at the station. His employment began on October 21, 1937. Howard Donald Dorman was born on July 21, 1903.

The Northrup Creek Grazing Experiment was begun in 1936 on the site of one of the Tillamook forest fires to study the seeding, fertilizing, grazing, and management of logged-off and burned-over timberlands and the effects of grazing on reforestation. The project continued until the early 1950s. The Northrup Creek project was overseen by the John Jacob Astor Experiment Station which was established in 1913 at a site 4 miles southeast of Astoria in Clatsop County to conduct agricultural research under coastal conditions, specifically to investigate and demonstrate agricultural possibilities of reclaiming and utilizing tidelands and logged-off lands. The Astor Station was closed in 1972. Herbert B. Howell served as Station superintendent from 1934 until 1965.