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We used a two-step approach to jointly analyze participation of non-industrial private forest landowners in hunting leases and the determinants of hunting lease fees. Data for this study were obtained from a survey of landowners in Alabama (n = 227). The results show that land ownership type, tract size, and landowners' place of residence, employment status, and concern for personal safety are determinants of participation in hunting leases. Factors influencing hunting lease fees include site-specific characteristics such as share of agricultural land relative to forest land, tract size, year-round water availability, type of access, and enhanced features such as streamside management zone, habitat improvement desirable to wildlife, and provision of services. The study has implications for landowners' land use decisions and economic returns.

Various public financial assistance programs are available to nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in the United States. Many landowners have limited knowledge of these programs and have not utilized them. This study employed a two-step sample selection model to examine the determinants of NIPF landowner knowledge of three regeneration programs, and conditional on their knowledge, the determinants of the application frequency to these programs since 1996. Data were collected using a phone survey of NIPF landowners in Mississippi. The survey revealed that among these qualified landowners who had clearcut in the past 10 years, about 50% knew of one or more of the programs. Their application frequencies to individual programs ranged from 0 to 5. Landowner knowledge of the programs was positively related to land size, regeneration experience, gender, and membership in forestry associations. For landowners who knew of these programs, application frequencies were higher for those that had less acreage, had lower education or income, were fully employed, were female, or had no membership in forestry organizations.

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Wildlife-associated recreation expenditures make significant contributions to employment, value added, and inter-industry transactions, and promote conservation and environmental goals. Using 2006 expenditures incurred by anglers, hunters, and wildlife-watching recreationists in the Southeast region of the United States, this study quantified economic impacts of recreation expenditures for fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching using input-output analysis. Results are presented in absolute terms and relative to the Southeast regional economy and to wildlife expenditures nationwide. In total, the US$33 billion spent in 2006 by wildlife recreationists in the Southeast generated US$11 billion in indirect impacts and another US$9.6 billion in induced impacts. Wildlife recreational expenditures generated 0.7% of regional employment and gross output. Thirty-five percent of all wildlife-related expenditures occurred in the Southeast. There were broad differences by type of recreation activity and economic indicator that should be considered by wildlife recreation managers when allocating resources among these activities.

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In this article, we analyze survey responses regarding Alabama urban residents' attitudes toward urban trees and the provision and maintenance of urban forest by federal, state, and local governments, as well as personal willingness to volunteer and donate money in support of urban tree programs and activities. Using ordered probit analysis, our results showed that individuals who are aware of forestry-related programs, hold a full-time job, belong in the age group of younger than 56 years, and earn an annual income greater than U.S. $75,000, have a positive relationship with willingness of donating money and voluntarily contributing time toward urban forestry programs and activities. Individual characteristics such as race, gender, and residence were not statistically significant factors in explaining attitudes toward urban forestry programs. In addition, with few exceptions, attitudes toward government financing of urban forestry programs and activities were influenced by similar factors.

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