Dustin Johnson

Assistant Professor of Practice

541-573-8933
[email protected]

Expertise: Rangeland conservation and management

Department/Unit: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Burns Station

Content by Dustin Johnson

Ranching in the information age: The ranch hand you didn’t know you needed

Eastern Oregon’s rangelands are diverse due to different soils, topography and climate. Ranchers and land managers who view the landscape as a collection of ecological sites can better predict how vegetation and other resources ...

Vanessa Schroeder, Dustin Johnson | Dec 2022 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Grazing Management for Rangeland Health: A Threat-based Land Management Approach

The sagebrush ecosystem is shrinking at an alarming rate. Threat-based land management provides a framework for improving grazing and management and adjusting as conditions change. Monitoring and the Grazing Response ...

Chris Schachtschneider, Vanessa Schroeder, Dustin Johnson | Oct 2022 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Range management is (or should be) fire management

What rangeland managers do before a wildfire can matter a lot for what happens during and after. That is, whether and how a site recovers after it burns, and how likely it is to burn again in a future wildfire. ...

Katherine Wollstein, Dustin Johnson | Jul 2022 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Grazing management options for riparian areas

For ranchers, riparian areas are a major source of water, shelter and forage for cattle and wildlife. Learn how to manage them effectively by integrating them into an overall grazing management plan.

Dustin Johnson | Dec 2019 | Article

Bunchgrass Phenology: Using Growth Stages of Grasses as Adaptive Grazing Management Tools

Livestock grazing in the high desert involves a careful balance of sustainable vegetation management in a shifting environment. Knowing which plant stages are most sensitive to grazing can help managers optimize their...

Vanessa Schroeder, Dustin Johnson | Nov 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

How to monitor progress in grazing land management

A critical but often overlooked step in the development of a comprehensive grazing management plan is a well-defined monitoring program for evaluating progress toward management objectives.

Dustin Johnson | Sep 2019 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Threat-Based Land Management in the Northern Great Basin: A Field Guide

Sagebrush ecosystems in the northern Great Basin are threatened by encroaching juniper and invasive annual grasses. This guide presents a simplified framework to help land managers assess and monitor these threats at...

Dustin Johnson, Matt Cahill, Chad Boyd, Vanessa Schroeder, Lee Foster, Angela Sitz, Jay Kerby, Tony J. Svejcar, Jackie Cupples | Sep 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Threat-Based Land Management in the Northern Great Basin: A Manager’s Guide

Sagebrush ecosystems in the northern Great Basin are threatened by encroaching juniper and invasive annual grasses. This guide presents a simplified framework to help land managers assess and monitor these threats at...

Dustin Johnson, Matt Cahill, Chad Boyd, Vanessa Schroeder, Lee Foster, Angela Sitz, Jay Kerby, Tony J. Svejcar, Jackie Cupples | Sep 2019 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Where and When to Monitor Rangeland Health?

Dustin Johnson and Sergio Arispe discuss rangeland photo monitoring and related considerations for where and when to focus monitoring efforts.

Dustin Johnson, Sergio Arispe | Jan 2019 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

How Do You Photo Monitoring for Rangeland Health?

Dustin Johnson and Sergio Arispe discuss photo monitoring of rangelands and demonstrate a simple step-by-step process for establishing a permanent photo point.

Dustin Johnson, Sergio Arispe | Jan 2019 | Video Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Western Roots: Diving into a sagebrush sea of diversity

What may appear at first glance as a sea of sagebrush is in reality a complex and diverse ecosystem with a wide variety of plants and animals. The sagebrush steppe teems with life, but threats such as ...

Vanessa Schroeder, Dustin Johnson | Aug 2018 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

How Do You Photo Monitor For Rangeland Health?

Rangeland monitoring does not need to be complicated. Periodically taking photos in a consistent manner of the same locations at the same time of year can serve as an effective monitoring program. There are many ways of ...

Sergio Arispe, Dustin Johnson | Nov 2017 | Video

Where and When to Photo Monitor Rangeland Health?

It is important for you to select an appropriate photo monitoring location and timeframe that will provide you information that will be useful for evaluating your management objectives. In this video, you will learn where to ...

Sergio Arispe, Dustin Johnson | Nov 2017 | Video

What is Rangeland Monitoring?

Dustin Johnson and Sergio Arispe discuss what rangeland monitoring is and why it’s an important tool for effective rangeland management.

Dustin Johnson, Sergio Arispe | Nov 2017 | Video

Can cows find water by smell?

Q: How do cows find water, assuming that there is no previous knowledge on the cow's part? There is no substantive evidence that cows can smell water (or riparia for that matter). It seems to be generally agreed upon that ...

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Pace 180° and repeat photography: monitoring methods for documenting vegetation trends in sagebrush rangelands

Monitoring trends in vegetation is an important component of effective rangeland management. There are many monitoring methods but two stand out for being easy to use, efficient, repeatable and effective.

Dustin Johnson, Rob Sharp | Oct 2012 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Management Guide for Beef Cattle

The objective of this article is to provide SUGGESTED management guidelines for cow-calf producers. We encourage producers to evaluate their individual operation(s) and use these guidelines to determine a system that works best for their ranch, environment, and facilities.

David Bohnert, Dustin Johnson | Jun 2010 | Article Peer reviewed (Gray level)

OSU Extension outreach results in special issue of Rangelands journal

The special issue is an urgent call to action among rangeland managers and practitioners.

Kym Pokorny | Jul 4, 2022 | News story

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