Bart R. JohnsonAssociate Professor | Department of Landscape Architecture | University of Oregon e-mail: bartj@uoregon.edu



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Oak Savanna Landscape Planning and Restoration

Oregon white oak savanna, once common in Oregon's Willamette Valley, is now considered an imperiled ecosystem. We are investigating the potential to integrate oak savanna restoration with reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire in the wildland urban interface. We are using extensive biophysical data sets to analyze the mechanisms underlying historical trajectories of ecological change, and to project future changes under a suite of alternative futures land management scenarios developed in collaboration with a stakeholder advisory group.

Current Projects

A Landscape-Level Approach to Fuels Management Through Ecological Restoration: Developing a Knowledge Base for Application to Historic Oak-Pine Savanna. Funded by the U.S. Department of Interior Joint Fire Sciences Program. $398,000.

PI: Bart Johnson, Co-PIs: Scott Bridgham (UO), Jane Kertis (USFS)
Graduate Students: Jonathon Day, Jenna Garmon, Meghan McNeil, Adrienne Moll,
Karen Sonnenblick, Gabe Yospin

Completed Projects

Jim's Creek Savanna: Trajectories of change and potential for restoration. Funded by the USDA Forest Service and University of Oregon Institute for Sustainable Environment. $15,000.

PI: Bart Johnson, Co-PIs: Jane Kertis (USFS), Jenny Lippert (USFS)
Graduate Student: Karen Sonnenblick

Publications

Jenna Garmon. 2006. Restoring Oak Savanna to Oregon's Willamette Valley: Using Alternative Futures to Guide Land Management Decisions. Master Thesis, Environmental Studies Program, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. (download PDF)

Sonnenblick, Karen L. 2006. Environmental Controls Over Forest Succession of a Former Oak Savanna, Jim's Creek, Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Master Thesis, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

Day, Jonathan W. 2005. Historical savanna structure and succession at Jim's Creek, Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Master Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. (download PDF)

Oak Savanna Landscape Planning and Restoration