{"id":100,"date":"2020-02-13T18:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/northernbluesforests\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:34:29","slug":"instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">John Punches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lead Instructor<br>Associate Professor, FERM<br>Extension Forester, NE Oregon<br>Oregon State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John has been with OSU Extension Service since 1994, serving as an Extension Forester and in a variety of leadership roles. His work focuses on restoration of eastern Oregon fire-adapted forested landscapes. He holds degrees in forestry, wood science, and forest ecosystems\/tree physiology, and is keenly interested in fire effects and prescribed fire. He&#8217;s a qualified Engine Boss, Firing Boss, and Fire Effects Monitor.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5303\/files\/2022\/12\/Punches-photo-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Punches Lead InstructorAssociate Professor, FERMExtension Forester, NE OregonOregon State University John has been with OSU Extension Service since 1994, serving as an Extension Forester and in a variety of leadership roles. His work focuses on restoration of eastern Oregon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/instructors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/guardschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}