Biographical Note
Alumnus and Extension Service faculty member, John Faudskar earned his
BS (1968) and MS (1980) degrees in Fisheries and Wildlife from Oregon State
University. He was appointed as the Marine Extension Agent in Tillamook County
in 1972 and served as Marine Extension Agent, Extension Sea Grant Agent, and
Tillamook County Chair until his retirement in 2003.
Content Description
The John Faudskar Papers consist of materials created and assembled by
Faudskar pertaining to the use of a pesticide (carbaryl; trade name Sevin) for
control of sand and mud shrimp in oyster beds in Tillamook Bay, Oregon and
Grays Harbor, Washington. The papers document experimental pesticide
applications in Washington and Oregon in the early 1960s and the early 1980s.
The materials include correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, newspaper
clippings, journal articles, reports, legal documents, and photographs. The
correspondence and reports include materials prepared by William Q. Wick, the
Washington Department of Fisheries, and the Oregon Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife.
The legal documents relate to challenges brought by the Audubon Society
of Portland, the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, and the Oregon
Environmental Council to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals regarding the
early 1980s pesticide applications in Tillamook Bay.
The photographs consist of 28 slides of the 1962 tests in Grays Harbor,
Washington.