Ted Dyrness Oral History Interview - Part 1

Interviewee: Ted Dyrness
Interviewer: Max Geier
Interview Date: September 11, 1996
Location: U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon
Duration: 1:57:41
 

After completing his graduate training in soils at OSU, Ted Dyrness began soil survey and slope stability work as a Forest Service scientist at various locations in western Oregon, but quickly began to focus soil survey and erosion studies in the Andrews Forest. He collaborated with Jerry Franklin on many projects, including publication of Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington, which is still the go-to source book on the topic. In 1974 he joined the Forest Service research group at University of Alaska-Fairbanks and helped them begin an ecosystem science program much like the IBP teamwork he experienced at Andrews Forest. That effort spurred establishment of the Bonanza Creek LTER program. In 1990 he retired, returned to Corvallis, and continued to contribute to the Andrews Forest program.

For additional Dyrness interviews see also the Ross Mersereau and Jean Rothacher individual interviews and the Small Watershed, IBP, Field Visit, and Andrews History Group interviews

Dublin Core

Title

Ted Dyrness Oral History Interview - Part 1

Description

After completing his graduate training in soils at OSU, Ted Dyrness began soil survey and slope stability work as a Forest Service scientist at various locations in western Oregon, but quickly began to focus soil survey and erosion studies in the Andrews Forest. He collaborated with Jerry Franklin on many projects, including publication of Natural Vegetation of Oregon and Washington, which is still the go-to source book on the topic. In 1974 he joined the Forest Service research group at University of Alaska-Fairbanks and helped them begin an ecosystem science program much like the IBP teamwork he experienced at Andrews Forest. That effort spurred establishment of the Bonanza Creek LTER program. In 1990 he retired, returned to Corvallis, and continued to contribute to the Andrews Forest program.

For additional Dyrness interviews see also the Ross Mersereau and Jean Rothacher individual interviews and the Small Watershed, IBP, Field Visit, and Andrews History Group interviews

Creator

Ted Dyrness

Source

H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest Oral History Collection (OH 28)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

September 11, 1996

Contributor

Max Geier

Format

Digitized Microcassette

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh28-dyrness-ted-19960911-01

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Max Geier

Interviewee

Ted Dyrness

Location

U.S. Forest Service, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon

Original Format

Microcassette

Duration

1:57:41

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio