Morris C.
Johnson
400
N. 34th St. Suite 201
Seattle,
WA 98103
Office:
206-732-7852
Fax:
206-732-7801
Email:
mcjohnson@fs.fed.us
Web:
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/
Education:
2008.
Ph.D., Ecosystem Analysis, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2002. M.S., Silviculture
and Forest Protection, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
1996.
B.S., Urban Forestry, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Work experience:
2010-present Research Fire Ecologist, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory, Seattle, WA
2002-2010 Fire Ecologist, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory, Seattle, WA
1998-2002 Research Assistant, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA
2001
Redding Interagency
Hotshot, Northern California Fire Center, Redding, CA
1999
Redmond Interagency
Hotshot, Redmond Air Center, Redmond, OR
1996-1998
Forest Ecologist, Rogue River National
Forest, Prospect, OR
1994-1996
Ecologist Trainee, Rogue River
National Forest, Prospect, OR
Publications:
Johnson,
M.C.,
Kennedy, M.C, and Peterson, D.L. 2011. Simulating
fuel treatment effects in dry forests of the western United States: testing the
principles of a fire-safe forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
41: 1018-1030.
Peterson,
D.L., Halofsky, J.E., Johnson, M.C. 2010. Managing and adapting to changing fire regimes
in a warmer climate. Book chapter in The Landscape Ecology of Fire. Edited by
D. McKenzie, C. Miller, and D. Falk. Springer-Verlag,
New York.
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L.
and Raymond, C.L. 2009. Fuel treatment guidebook: illustrating treatment effects on fire
hazard. Forest Management Today 69: 31-35.
Peterson,
D.L., Johnson, M.C. 2007. Science-Based
Strategic Planning for Hazardous Fuel Treatment. Fire Management Today 67: 13-18.
Johnson, M.C., Kellogg, L., Peterson,
D.L. 2007a. Cedar River Municipal Watershed Fire Hazard Assessment, Pacific Wildland Fire Science Laboratory, USDA Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA
Johnson, M.C., Kellogg, L., Peterson,
D.L. 2007b. Cedar River Municipal Watershed Fuel Decomposition Study, Pacific Wildland Fire Science Laboratory, USDA Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L.,
Raymond, C.L. 2007. Managing Forest Structure and Fire Hazard-A Tool for
Planners. Journal of Forestry 105: 77-83.
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L.,
Raymond, C.L. 2006. Guide to fuel treatments in dry forests of the western
United States: assessing forest structure and fire hazard. USDA Forest Service
General Technical Report
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L. 2005.
Forest fuel treatments in western North America: Merging silviculture
and fire management. The Forestry Chronicle 81: 365-368
Peterson,
D. L., Johnson, M.C., Agee, J.K.,
Jain, T.B., McKenzie, D., Reinhardt, E.D. 2005.
Forest structure and fire hazard in dry forests of the Western United
States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-628. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 30 p.
Graham,
R.T., McCaffrey, S., Jain, T.B. 2004. Science basis for changing forest structure to modify wildfire behavior and
severity. Contributing author. Gen. Tech. Rep.
RMRS-GTR-120. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 43 p.
Manuscript in prep:
Hicke, J.A., Johnson, M.C. Hayes, J.L. Preisle, H.K. 2011 Effects of Bark Beetle-Caused Tree
Mortality on Wildfire. 2011. Submitted.
Johnson,
M.C.,
Peterson, D.L., Kennedy, M.C., LaBarge, A. 2011. Effects of logging on fuels and fire behavior
following a windstorm. In prep.
Johnson, M.C., Halofsky, J.E. 2011. Evaluating the effects of forest
restoration thinning on fire hazard and area burned in the Cedar River
Municipal Watershed. In prep.
GRANTS
USDA
PNW Research Station. 2010. Developing a Post Processor to Integrate the Fuel
Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) and the Forest Vegetation Simulator
(FVS)
Principal
Investigators: Morris Johnson, Stephanie
Rebain. Award amount:
$50,000
US
Forest Service Global Change Research. 2008. Model fire hazard in several
western states using the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS).
Principal
Investigators: Ken Skog, Bruce Lippke, Don McKenzie. Award amount: $42,974
Fuel
Decomposition in the Cedar River Municipal Watershed. Seattle Public Utilities.
2007. We measured fuelbed decomposition and fire hazard in thinned stands in
the Cedar River Watershed. Principal
Investigators: David L. Peterson and
Morris C. Johnson. Award amount: $30,000
Bureau
of Land Management. 2008. Medford Blowdown Fire Hazard Analysis. We will evaluate
the effects of varied severity blowdown, salvage logging and subsequent
post-salvage fuel treatments. The information from estimated pre-blowdown fuel
profiles and post treatment plots will be used to determine these effects.
Principal
Investigators: Morris C. Johnson, David
L. Peterson, Jessica Halosky. Award amount:
$50,000
Tahoe Science Program funded by SNPLMA. 2008. Using an
integrated approach that links two commonly used tools, the Fire and Fuels
Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) and the Fuel
Characteristic Classification System (FCCS), we will develop a range of
management alternatives appropriate for application in the South Shore wildland-urban interface project in the Lake Tahoe
Management Unit, Tahoe National Forest.
Principal
Investigators: Morris C. Johnson and Roger Ottmar PI.
Award amount: $68,000
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
USDA
Forest Service Quality Step Increase, 2009
USDA
Forest Service Highly Influential Research Publication, 2007
Bill
and Melinda Gates Millennium Fellowship, 2000-2006
Graduate
Opportunity Minority Achievement Scholarship, 2006
USDA
Forest Service Certificate of Merit, 2004
USDA
Forest Service Certificate of Merit, 2004
College
of Forest Resources Research Assistantship, 1998-2002
Seventh
American Forest Congress Scholarship, 1996
Virginia
Landwehr Plauche’
Scholarship Award, 1996
Chancellor’s
Certificate of Recognition, 1995
Golden
Key National Honor Society P.M. Scholar Award, 1995
All-American
Scholar Collegiate Award, 1994
Professional
Soil Conservation Scholarship Award, 1994
Certificate
of Academic Excellence, 1993
Certificate
of Academic Merit, 1993-96
Urban
Forestry Scholarship, 1993-96
Chancellor’s
Scholar, 1993-96
Dean’s
List, 1992-96
ACTIVITIES
Gates
Millennium Scholar Mentor, 2009-present
Making
Connection Mentor, 2002
Society
of American Forestry Club, 2002
Volunteer
YMCA Gates Youth Development Center, 2001
College
of Forest Resource Safety Committee, 1999-2001
Member
Rotaract International Club, 1998-2001
Member
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1995
Minorities
in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences, 1994-96
Resident
Assistant Association, 1994-96
Urban
Forestry Club, 1994-96
Urban
Forestry Club (Sergeant at Arms), 1994-95
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
International
Association of Wildland Fire, 2009-present
Association
of Fire Ecology, 2009-present
Society
of American Foresters, 2002-2009
Ecological
Society of America, 2001-2003
Offered
papers and posters
Johnson,
M.C., Halofsky, J., Peterson, D.L. Quantifying fire
hazard and fire behavior following a windstorm in southwest Oregon (U.S.A.)
using the Fuel Characteristics Classification System (FCCS). Presented oral by
Johnson for the Association for Fire Ecology’s Interior West Fire Ecology Conference,
14-17 November 2011, Snowbird Resort, Utah.
Hicke,
J.A., Hayes, J.L., Johnson, M.C., Preisler, H. K.
Effects of Bark Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality on Subsequent Wildfire. Presented oral by Hicke for the
North American Forest Insect Work Conference, 10-12 May 2011,
Portland, OR.
Peterson, D.L., Halosky, J.E., Johnson, M.C.
Fuels Management in a Warmer Climate.
Presented oral by Johnson and Halosky for the
Joint Fuels/Ecology/Silviculture Meeting. 15-18
November 2010. Bend, Oregon
Johnson, M.C., Halofsky, J., Peterson, D.L. Quantifying fire hazard after
blowdown in southwest Oregon. Presented
poster by Johnson for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L.,
Kennedy, M.K. Forest restoration and fire hazard in a high severity fire regime.
Presented poster by Johnson for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L., Rebain, S, Vandendriesche, D.,
Eagle, P. Integrating the Fuel Characteristics System and the Forest Vegetation
Simulator. Presented poster by Johnson for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Halofsky, J., Hart,
S.K., Hemstrom, M.A., Johnson, M.C. Simulating fire
hazard across landscapes over time through integration of the Vegetation
Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) and the Fuel Characteristic Classification
System (FCCS). Presented poster by Halofsky for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Johnson, M.C., Kennedy, M.,
Peterson, D.L. A simulation study of fuel treatment effects in dry forests of
the western United States: testing the principles of a fire‐safe forest.
Presented oral by Johnson for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Hicke, J., Hayes, J.,
Johnson, M.C. A synthesis of insect outbreaks and subsequent wildfire. Presented
oral by Hicke for the International Association of Wildland Fire 3rd
Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 25-29 October 2010, Spokane, Washington.
Johnson, M.C., Peterson, D.L., Ottmar,
R., Rebain, S., and Vandendriesche,
D. Integrating Fuel Characteristic Classification System and the Forest
Vegetation Simulator. Presented poster by Johnson for the Society of American
Foresters Conference, September 30-October 4, 2009, Coronado Springs Resort,
Orlando, Florida.
Johnson,
M.C. Kennedy, M.C, and Peterson, D.L. Fuel treatment effects in dry forests of
the western United States: testing the
principles of a fire-safe forest. Presented oral by Johnson for The Association
of Fire Ecology, 4th International Fire Ecology & Management
Congress, 30, November-4 December 2009, Savannah, GA
Johnson,
M.C., Kellogg, L., and Peterson, D.L. Forest Restoration in the Cedar River
Municipal Watershed: Fire Hazard Assessment. Presented poster by Johnson for the
1st Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference. Fuels Management—How to Measure
Success. 28-30 March, 2006, Portland, Oregon.
Johnson,
M.C. and Peterson, D.L. Forest fuel treatments in western North America:
Merging silviculture and fire management. Presented poster
by Johnson for the IUFRO XXII World Congress, 8-13 August, 2005, Brisbane,
Australia.
Johnson,
M. C., Peterson, D.L., and Raymond, C.L. A guidebook for evaluating potential
fire behavior both before and after fire hazard reduction treatments. Presented
poster by Johnson for the National Silviculture
Workshop, 7-10 June 2005, Tahoe City, California.
Johnson,
M.C., Peterson, D.L. An Integrated Planning and Visualization Tool for
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments. Presented poster by Johnson for
the 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference and
Exhibition, 3-6, October 2003, Sydney, Australia.
Peterson,
D.L., Johnson, M.C., Agee, J.K., Jain, T.B., McKenzie, D, Reinhardt, E.D. Fuels
Planning: Managing Forest Structure to Reduce Fire Hazard. Presented poster by
Johnson for The 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd
International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management
Congress, 16-20, November 2003. Orlando, Florida.
Editorial Service
Reviewer
for Forest Ecology and Management, 2011
Reviewer
for International Journal of Wildland Fire, 2011
Reviewer
for Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2009
Reviewer
for Environmental Management, 2009
Reviewer for the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act research
grant proposals, 2008, 2010
TEACHING
AND OUTREACH
SERVICE
·
Member
Program Committee, 5th International Wildland Fire Conference, Sun City, South
Africa May 9-13, 2011.
·
Member
Forest Vegetation Simulator Steering Committee, 2010-present
·
Chair
Forest Vegetation Simulator Fire Subcommittee 2010-present
·
Member
Program Committee, 3rd Fire Behavior & Fuels Conference, Spokane, WA,
October 25-29, 2010
·
Member
Steering Committee, 3rd Fire Behavior & Fuels Conference, Spokane, WA,
October 25-29, 2010
·
Moderator
Oral Session. 2010. 3rd Fire Behavior & Fuels Conference, Spokane, WA,
October 25-29, 2010
·
Moderator
Poster Symposium. 2009. Society of American Forester.
Orlando, FL