Marlin
A. Johnson
CP-LUHNA Author: Changed Southwestern Forests: Resource effects and management remedies
USDA
Forest Service
Southwestern Region
Federal Building
517 Gold Avenue, SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel. 505-842-3242
Fax. 505-842-3800
E-mail: mjohnson/r3@fs.fed.us
Current Position:
Assistant Director of Forestry, Southwestern Region, USDA Forest Service
Education:
Bachelor of Science 1965 Iowa State University, Ames – Forestry
Additional Studies (no degree) Oklahoma State University, 1965.
Management Interests:
My primary focus is on understanding the pre-European settlement function of southwestern forested ecosystems and applying this knowledge to managing for sustainability of these ecosystems today. I have studied old photographs and reports from the 1800s and early 1900s as well as inventories from the early 1900s. I have also read from studies of tree rings and other field information to develop the best understanding possible of past condition and function of southwestern forests, especially ponderosa pine forests. I have compared past condition and function to condition and function today and, noting the wide difference, am working to implement treatments to move today’s forests toward historic condition and function.
Awards:
Certificate of Merit, 1998.
Certificate of Merit, 1997.
Certificate of Merit, 1996.
Selected Publications:
Johnson, Marlin A., J. Barbour, D.Green, S.Willits, M.Znerold, J. Bliss, S. L. Chiang, and D. Toweill. Ecosystem Management and the use of natural resources, in "Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management" Vols II, Szaro et al (eds); pp. 557-582, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, UK, 1999.
Towns, Eleanor and Marlin Johnson 1999. The Employer’s Perspective on New Hires. Journal of Forestry 97: 16.
Johnson, Marlin A. 1996. Changed Southwest Forests: Resource Effects and Management Remedies. In Proceedings of the 1996 Society of American Foresters Convention, Albuquerque, NM.
Johnson, Marlin A. 1994. Changes in Southwestern Forests: Stewardship Implications. Journal of Forestry 92: 16-19.