... to meet the New York State (NYS) climate goals. In NYS, converting underutilized lands to mature forests can mitigate 4.9 million metric tons of CO₂ annually, but 97% of suitable lands are privately owned. These mitigation figures do not consider landowner willingness to grow mature forest...

...Sarah M Butler; Brett J Butler; Emma M Sass wildfire behavior wildfire attitudes forest management private landowners Based on the raw NWOS data, five wildfire variables are positively and significantly correlated with each other, but most of the relationships are relatively weak ( Table 3...

... [email protected] Abstract There is limited research about the interacting impacts of hurricane damage and forest disturbances like invasive species and wildfires on nonindustrial forest land management. We administered a mail survey to 1,000 randomly selected nonindustrial private forest landowners...

...Chen-Ting Chang; Bret R Shaw; Jeremy Solin; Tricia A Gorby; Patrick Robinson maple syrup production active listening consulting foresters private forest landowners interpersonal persuasion Respondents were allowed to skip any questions that they felt uncomfortable answering. Respondents who did...

... Pruning or the physical removal of lower branches, in combination with wider tree spacing, offers an alternative management scheme for small nonindustrial private forest landowners in areas lacking markets for small diameter wood. A 5-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation was thinned...

... (digital tools, databases, and decision-support systems) can be of great importance in the management of forests today. A general lack of knowledge of the needs of forest managers and landowners for components of digital forestry has been hypothesized. A survey regarding digital forestry tools...

... for the outreach program in meeting their needs? This case study examined how the USDA Forest Service (USFS) worked with its governmental and nongovernmental partners to communicate with local landowners about specific land management projects. We primarily focused on outreach on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District...

... of forestland in the United States, and programs and markets exist that compensate landowners for sequestering and storing increased carbon through extended rotations, improved forest management, and increased forest cover. We used USDA Forest Service National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) data from 2018...

...Eli S Sagor; Martha J Sebald; Michael A Kilgore; Charles R Blinn; Stephanie A Snyder; Matthew B Russell What factors drive family forest landowners to complete various land management actions after receiving technical assistance and information? Silver et al. (2015) conducted an evidence-based...

... ). For landowners who have performed reforestation efforts in the past, these previous behaviors may become more habitual over time, as they have had time and effort to learn these new behaviors and use them in their routines. Thus, past habits would have a high association with future intentions...

...) landowners affect wildfire hazard potential on both their tracts and surrounding lands. However, it is not clear how concerned they are about wildfire damages and what actions they are willing to take to lower wildfire hazard. This study determined the landowner concern level about wildfire damages...

...Stephanie J Chizmar; Rajan Parajuli; Robert Bardon; Frederick Cubbage The US South consists of just over 212 million acres of private forestland in which about 143 million acres are owned by noncorporate landowners ( Oswalt et al. 2019 ). In 2006, almost 50% of the noncorporate landowners...

... et al. (2012) compared sizes of holdings of white forest owners to those of African American forest owners and found that African American forest owners had significantly smaller forest holdings than white FFOs (averaging 153 ac versus 475 ac, respectively). Understanding landowners’ reasons...

...), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and black oak (Quercus kelloggii) ( Resource Conservation District 2017 ). Twelve residences and 68 accessory structures were also destroyed. The proposed project was presented to affected landowners through a series of onsite, community meetings...

..., insufficient landowner outreach, limited geographic scope, the risk of revealing private information, and potential “red tape” (i.e., paperwork, adjusted gross income limits, etc.) ( Parkhurst and Shogren 2005a ). As demonstrated above, most programs are primarily local in nature with limited ability to scale...

...Sarah M Butler; Emily S Huff; Stephanie A Snyder; Brett J Butler; Mary Tyrrell Abstract In the United States, 58% of the 11 million family forest ownerships with at least 10 acres of forestland have at least one female owner. Within the single-owner population of landowners, women are the sole...

...Nandkumar Divate; Daniel Solís; Michael H. Thomas; Sergio Alvarez; David Harding One of the objectives of this study is to document the regional economic impact due to the control of cogongrass infestations by NIPF landowners in Florida. Although we are interested in the statewide economic impact...

... and perceptions of forest landowners and managers in the southeastern United States regarding their stand health especially under the context of the southern pine decline (SPD) phenomenon. E-mail and paper surveys were sent to 4,670 forest landowners and managers in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina...

...Shelby A. Krantz; Martha C. Monroe 28 05 2014 28 07 2015 Copyright © 2016 Society of American Foresters 2016 To enhance their livelihoods and important ecosystem services, forest landowners in the southeastern United States could benefit from being aware of the potential impacts of future...

...Jake T. Hendee; Courtney G. Flint Copyright © 2014 Society of American Foresters 2014 As foresters struggle to engage private forest landowners with sustainable forestry practices, research highlights the value of amenities and nontimber goods and services to landowners. With the value landowners...