H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection

Ed Anderson and Mike Kerrick (assisting with memory). Ed Anderson was ranger at the McKenzie Bridge Ranger District in 1955 and the next year moved to establish the Blue River Ranger District. His time there post-dated Roy Silen’s tenure as lead…

Martha Brookes was a writer-editor for OSU and then the PNW Station whose personal roots in science gave her a special affinity for the scientists and science programs she worked with. She edited manuscripts by many College of Forestry scientists…

George Brown began his engagements with the Andrews Forest in Summer 1964 digging soil pits, processing soil samples, and surveying, under the supervision of Forest Service scientists Jack Rothacher and Ted Dyrness. He began his PhD studies in…

Lynn Burditt grew up in the academically-charged Oak Ridge, Tennessee, community, went on for a MS in Forest Engineering at OSU, and worked for the US Forest Service in Montana before being recruited by Willamette National Forest Supervisor Mike…

After receiving a MS in forest planning from Penn State, John Cissel worked in several positions within the Willamette National Forest before becoming the Research Liaison based on the Blue River Ranger District. In that position, he advanced the…