Paul S. Johnson is a retired research forester who began his professional career as an instructor at Michigan State University. He subsequently joined the U.S Forest Service, Northern Research Station, in Columbia, Missouri, where he worked for more than 30 years. He has been the creator and driving force behind the first and subsequent editions of The Ecology and Silviculture of Oaks. Paul is an accomplished photographer, historian and essayist. He has employed those skills to author other books on other topics including: Where Pelicans Fly--A Celebration of the Extraordinary Everyday (ISBN-13: 978-1479309580). Chequamegon: A Dispatch from Northern Wisconsin (ISBN-13: 978-1077886896). A Place Called Chequamegon (ASIN: ?B0CB7MCPXZ).