The forest-land owners of West Virginia

Birch, Thomas W.; Kingsley, Neal P.

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“…Dillman's (2000) Tailored Design Method was used in developing and administering the mail survey. Where available, surveys from previous forest landowner studies were consulted so that responses would be comparable to other results (e.g., Birch and Kingsley, 1978;Rathke, 1993;Jacobson, 2001;Joshi, 2007). Three mailings were sent to the potential survey respondents to ensure a high response rate: initial mailings of the survey instrument, a follow-up mailing of a reminder letter, and final mailing with a cover letter and another copy of the survey instrument to non-respondents.…”

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An evaluation of West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program

Fortney

Arano

Jacobson

2011

Forest Policy and Economics

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An evaluation of West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program

Fortney

Arano

Jacobson

2011

Forest Policy and Economics

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“…A Louisiana study classified forest owners by three classes: those that owned both forest and agricultural land, those that owned forest land with no farm land attached, and those with timber processing facilities [38,70]. Early studies placed great weight on farm ownership [42], but gradually other occupational categories like professionals and executives gained importance [55][56][57][58]79]. Education was often identified as a key variable that influenced the level of forest management .…”

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Taxonomic Review of Classical and Current Literature on the Perennial American Family Forest Problem

Straka

2011

Forests

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Abstract:One of the fundamental issues in American forest policy has been the small forest ownership problem. Early in the twentieth century, it was called the farm forestry problem, later, the nonindustrial private forest problem, and today, the family forest problem. Family forest owners are thought to manage their lands in a suboptimal manner resulting in low forest productivity relative to other ownership groups. This can lead to future timber supply problems. The exact nature of the problem, especially its social and economic basis, was a common subject of early forestry research studies. This article includes many of the major nonindustrial private forest or family forest studies, from early to current, and classifies them both by themes used by other authors and categories that relate to major research areas in the current literature. A major focus of this literature deals with promoting management on family forest holdings and possible land management incentives and disincentives. Natural trends in family forest ownership, like parcelization, also impact upon forest management opportunities. By developing a taxonomy that classifies these studies by research objective, methodology, owner motivation, and problem definition, this article serves to organize the family forest literature in a manner that provides a temporal framework for better understanding the historical motivation for and development of family forest research in the United States.

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“…Approximately, 260,000 NIPF landowners own 9.7 million acres of forestland in the State (USDA Forest Service 2007). Birch and Kingsley (1978) had characterized the private forest landowners of West Virginia. They had found that majority of the landowners owned a single parcel of forestland and the average ownership size was 49.8 acres.…”

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“…In spite of this, many landowners do not take advantage of such governments programs. Birch and Kingsley (1978) reported that 23,000 owners or 11% of the landowners had received some kind of assistance while 49% of the respondents had reported that they were unaware of which agency to contact for assistance . Egan et al (2001) studied the effectiveness of the Forest Stewardship Program in West Virginia and found that people who had the forest stewardship plan implemented the prescribed activities more so than those who were not given prescriptions for the particular type of activity.…”

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Nonindustrial private landowner's characteristics and their forest management decisions

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Private forest landowners own the largest share of the forest land in the United States. Future timber supply requires forest management and investment by these private forest landowners. Since private forest landowners are diverse, understanding the factors affecting the forest management decisions of these individuals is important. Two analyses are presented in this study to characterize the forest management decisions of West Virginia NIPF landowners and to understand their forest management decisions. The data for the study was collected from a mail survey conducted in August 2005 to 2100 landowners in West Virginia. The survey resulted in 244 useful responses, a 20% response rate. v

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The forest-land owners of West Virginia

Cited by 10 publications

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An evaluation of West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program

An evaluation of West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program

Taxonomic Review of Classical and Current Literature on the Perennial American Family Forest Problem

Nonindustrial private landowner's characteristics and their forest management decisions

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