Faculty

K. Norman Johnson
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Forest Resources
207 Peavy Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5703
(541) 737-2377

BS, 1965, Univ. of California, Berkeley
MS, 1969, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
PhD, 1973, Oregon State Univ.

Research interests: forest planning, harvest scheduling, public land forest policy

Current programs: developing techniques for public forest planning, analyzing forest management policies for public and private land

Member of the Science Panel of The Oregon State of the Environment Report; a project of the Oregon Progress Board. It will provide environmental information based on conventional scientific indicators. In addition, it will extend that information by developing new sustainability indicators that reflect the status of Oregon's ecosystems.

Courses:

FOR 365 - Issues in Natural Resource Conservation
FOR 460 - Forest Policy
FOR 561 - Forest Policy Analysis
FOR 459, Forest Resource Planning & Decision Making

Graduate students: Lauren Goschke (MF); Susan Morré (PhD, Forest Resources); Cat Newsheller (MS, Natural Resource Law and Policy); Robbie Titcomb (MS, Natural Resource Law and Policy)

Selected publications:

• Adams, W. T., S. Hobbs, N. Johnson. March, 2005. Intensively managed forest plantations in the Pacific Northwest: introduction. Journal of Forestry 103: 59-60.

• Adams, W. T., S. Hobbs, and N. Johnson. March 2005. Intensively managed forest plantations in the Pacific Northwest: conclusions. Journal of Forestry 103: 99- 100.

• Thompson, J. R., M. A. Anderson, and K. N. Johnson. 2004. Ecosystem management
  across ownerships: The potential for collision with Antitrust Laws. Conservation Biology. 18:1475-1481.

• Bettinger, P., M. Lennette, K. N. Johnson, and T. Spies. 2004. A hierarchical spatial framework for forest landscape planning. Ecological Modeling 182: 25-48.

• Franklin, J. and K. Norman Johnson. 2004. Forests face new threat: global market changes. Issues in Science and Technology (National Academy and University of Texas) Fall, 2004.

• Spies, T. G. Reeves, K. Burnett, W. McComb, K. N. Johnson, et al. 2002. Assessing the ecological consequences of forest polices in multi-ownership province in Oregon. In J. Liu and W. Taylor, eds. Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge Univ. Press.

• Davis, L., K. N. Johnson, P. Bettinger, and T. Howard. 2000. Forest Management (4th edition). McGraw Hill (forthcoming)

• Committee of Scientists. 1999. Sustaining the people's lands: recommendations for stewardship of the national forests into the next century. Report to the Secretary of Agriculture.

• Johnson, et. al. 1999. Sustaining the people's lands. Journal of Forestry 97(5): 7-12.

• Johnson, K. N. and M. Herring. 1999. Understanding bioregional assessments. IN: Johnson, et al. 1999. Bioregional assessments: Science at the crossroads of management and policy. p. 341-376.

• Johnson, K. N., R. Holthausen, M. Shannon, and J. Sedell. 1999. Forest ecosystem management assessment team (FEMAT). IN: Johnson, et al. 1999. Bioregional assessments: Science at the crossroads of management and policy. p. 87-116.

• Johnson, K. N., F. Swanson, M. Herring, and S. Greene (eds.). 1999. Bioregional assessments: Science at the crossroads of management and policy. Island Press. 398 p.

• Bettinger, P, J. Sessions, and K. N. Johnson. 1998. Ensuring the compatibility of aquatic habitat and commodity production goals in eastern Oregon with a Tabu search procedure. (For. Sci. 44 (1): 96-112.

• Bettinger, P., K. N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1998. Evaluating the association among alternative resources of cumulative effects on forested watersheds in eastern Oregon. West. App. Jour. For. 13(1):22-15.

• Bettinger, P., K. N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1998. Improving aquatic habitat while producing wood products: An examination of options. Journal of American Water Resources Association 34(4):891-907.

• Johnson, K. N., J. Sessions, J. Franklin, and J. Gabriel. 1998. Integrating wildfire into strategic planning for Sierra Nevada Forests. Jour. For. 96 (1): 42-49.

• Cousar, P., J. Sessions, and K. N. Johnson. 1997. Methodology for estimating stand projections under different goals. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress. Addendum. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Davis, F. W., D. M. Stoms, R. L. Church, W. J. Okin, and K. N. Johnson 1997. Selecting biodiversity management areas. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, vol. II, chap. 58. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Franklin, J. F., D. Graber, K. N. Johnson, J. A. Fites-Kaufmann, K. Menning, D. Parsons, J. Sessions, T. A. Spies, J. C. Tappeiner, and D. A. Thornburgh. 1997. Comparison of alternative late-successional conservation strategies. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress. Addendum. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Johnson, K. Norman, John Sessions, and Jerry F. Franklin. 1997. Initial results from simulation of alternative management strategies for two national forests of the Sierra Nevada. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, Addendum.. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Menning, K., D. C. Erman, K. N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1997. Modeling aquatic and riparian systems, assessing cumulative watershed effects, and limiting watershed disturbance. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Sessions, J., K.N. Johnson, D. Sapsis, B. Bahro, and J. T. Gabriel. 1997. Methodology for simulating forest growth, fire effects, timber harvest, and watershed disturbance under different management regimes. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources. v Gordon, J., J.F. Franklin, K.H. Johnson, D. Patton, J. Sedell, J. Sessions, and E. Williston. 1997. An independent report on tribal forestry: Redefining the government's role. J. For. 95 (11): 12-14.

• Bettinger, P., K. N. Johnson, and J. Sessions. 1996. Forest planning in an Oregon case study: defining the problem and attempting to meet goals with a spatial analysis technique. Environmental Management.

• Johnson, K. N. 1996. Bioregional assessments in the Pacific Northwest--past, present, and future. In: Forestry for the 21st Century (K. Kohm and J. Franklin, ed.). Island Press.

• Menning, Kurt, K. Norman Johnson, and Larry Ruth. 1996. Current policies affecting biodiversity on nonfederal lands. In Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Final report to Congress, Addendum. Davis: University of California, Centers for Water and Wildland Resources.

• Sessions, J., K. Burnett, and K. N. Johnson. 1996. Watershed planning with spatial analysis. In: Forestry for the 21st Century (K. Kohm and J. Franklin, ed.) Island Press.

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