“It’s sad to see so many old trees dying,” said lead researcher James Johnston, an assistant research professor in the University of Oregon’s Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and…

A study in the Malheur National Forest led by James Johnston, assistant research professor in the Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments, shows a rapid tree die-off in…

Ryan Reed is a co-founder and the director of the FireGeneration Collaborative (FireGen), a partner with EWP of the current Fire Resilience Futures project. Ryan has also closely worked with EWP and…

“Large fires are, by definition, fires that are driven by extreme weather conditions like really high temperatures, low relative humidity and strong winds,” said James Johnston, assistant research…

UO faculty, including Heidi Huber-Stearns and James Johnston of IROCE, discuss the challenge of reducing wildfire risk and helping protect the public.

New research from the University of Oregon suggests that old growth trees are drying at an alarming rate in eastern Oregon.

A new study led by James Johnston, an assistant research professor for the University of Oregon, found that about 25% of trees over 300 years old died in the Malheur National Forest from 2012 to 2023.

The study, conducted by a team led by James Johnston, an assistant research professor at the University of Oregon, found that between 2012 and 2023, a quarter of trees over 300 years old in roadless…

Assistant research professor James Johnston led research that discovered very significant decline in old-growth trees in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon.

James Johnston, an assistant research professor at the University of Oregon’s Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments, said the Forest Service lacks the personnel and…