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Dedrick, Jason Paul. "Private Forest Landowners in Virginia and Ecosystem Management: An Analysis of Attitudes and Opportunities." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31378.
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The purpose of this study was to analyze landowner perceptions of an ecosystem management program proposed by The Nature Conservancy. This creation of this program, The Forest Bank, is an attempt to protect the unique ecological and biological resources of the Clinch River Valley of Southwest Virginia. This study analyzed the attitudes and characteristics of landowners that contribute to their decision to enroll in such a program. Data were collected by a 8-page mail questionnaire sent to 2000 landowners in a five-county area of Southwest Virginia. The final sample size resulting from this effort was 816 landowner surveys, representing an overall response rate of 45%.
Two separate analyses were undertaken with respect to this data, each representing a unique and informative approach to landowners and The Forest Bank. The first analysis summarizes how landowners perceived the individual components of the program, their level of interest in enrollment, and what types of landowners would be most likely to express interest in such a program. Twenty-three percent of landowners expressed interest in enrolling in The Forest Bank at some time. In general, those interested in enrollment perceived the individual components of the program differently than those who were not interested in enrolling. Landowners who expressed enrollment interest were more likely to be younger, more affluent, more educated than those who did not express interest in enrollment.
The second analysis employed a structural equation model in order to determine what attitudes and motivations influence attitudes toward an ecosystem management program such as The Forest Bank. Variables such as attitudes toward property rights, environmental attitudes, trust in sources of information, and level of community attachment were included in this model. Results indicate that while attitudes toward property rights and the environment were not as important as previous literature suggested, landowner reasons for owning land were key indicators in determining attitudes toward The Forest Bank.
Results from this study provide valuable information to managers and researchers concerning landowner attitudes toward ecosystem management and their level of interest in enrolling in an ecosystem management program. This information will help managers better understand how landowners perceive individual components of these types of programs, as well as determining the types of landowners who would be interested in enrolling. These findings can then be used to tailor programs that are more consistent with landowner objectives, and to better understand the complex attitudes and characteristics of private forestMaster of Science
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Conway, M. Christine. "Targeting Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Groups for Timber Market Entry." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28991.
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This study models the timber market entry decisions of nonindustrial private landowners. It involves examining reservation prices both for harvesting timber from existing forest land and for afforestation of marginal agricultural and abandoned land. An important conclusion drawn from these models is that financial returns are not the only drivers of these decisions. Preferences for amenities derived from forests and farmland are also important. An empirical model follows which characterizes willingness to accept for various landowner groups in Virginia and Mississippi. We identify preferences and characteristics of landowners and features of forest sites that are important to the unobserved price specific to each landowner. Estimation results are also used to assess the size of payments needed to encourage harvesting or conversion from agricultural to forest uses with 50% probability. The determination of reservation prices for landowners in different regions aids in forecasting potential timber supplies from NIPF lands that are either actively managed for timber production or are not, as well as from marginal land not yet in forests, under different policy and pricing scenarios. Furthermore, it gives insight into evolving land use patterns.Ph. D.
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Leitch, Zachary John. "PRIVATE LANDOWNER INTENT TO SUPPLY FOREST BIOMASS FOR ENERGY IN KENTUCKY." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/forestry_etds/3.
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The Commonwealth of Kentucky is taking steps to expand bioenergy production in response to federal policy initiatives as well as environmental and energy security concerns. The success of this industry will be impacted by the supply of feedstock available from private individuals who own a majority (78%) of forest resources in the state. Despite a developing body of bioenergy research, little is known concerning the social availability of forest biomass for energy production. This study measures intent to harvest energy wood among family forest owners using a mail-‐based survey and tests the effect of educational materials provided to participants. The theory of planned behavior is used to model factors that affect landowner intentions. Two-‐thirds of respondents reported that they intend to include energy wood in future harvests, but the educational material treatment did not affect intentions. Respondents’ attitudes, perceived subjective norms, and perceived control each had a significant effect on intent to harvest. Respondents also identified barriers that may prevent them from harvesting, providing forestry professionals with a list of challenges to overcome if supply is to be maximized. The results of this study are valuable for all stakeholders involved in the development of a sustainable biomass and bioenergy industry.
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Sun, Xing. "Nonindustrial private forest landowner participation in incentive programs and regeneration behavior." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-09242007-094521.
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Crowther, Kevin Dion. "Economic factors influencing industrial landowner assistance programs on private forest land in the south /." This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040657/.
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Lutter, Seth Hendrik. "Human Dimensions of Young Forest Conservation Programs: Effects of Outreach, Post-Program Management, and a Coupled Systems Perspective." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84544.
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Achieving long-term conservation gains through the framework of conservation incentive programs requires an understanding of both the ecological and social components of these programs. Landowner program experiences and management decisions after program participation are important for long-term conservation, but these aspects of conservation programs are not well understood. To address this research gap related to conservation program participation, this thesis investigates Natural Resources Conservation Service programs that provide private landowners with financial and technical assistance to manage for young forest habitat in the eastern United States. We conducted a telephone survey to investigate private landowner experiences during and after participation in these NRCS conservation programs. Coordinating with biologists monitoring managed properties for birds, we assessed how in-person outreach and mailed monitoring results influenced landowners. Next, we evaluated how landowner motivations, resources, and cognitions were related to post-program young forest management intentions. Finally, we applied a coupled human and natural systems lens to investigate the linkage between wildlife outcomes, landowner perceptions, and continued young forest management. Our results demonstrate how in-person outreach can shape positive conservation experiences and increasing landowner trust in resource agencies. We also demonstrate the importance of both social and environmental factors for influencing landowner decision-making after conservation program participation. We detail the applications of this research for conservation agencies and professionals who work with private landowners.Master of Science
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Crowther, Kevin D. "Economic factors influencing industrial landowner assistance programs on private forest land in the south." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42416.
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Starr, Sarah Elizabeth. "Factors Associated with Ohio Tree Farmers'; Forest Management and Outreach Needs." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366145812.
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Joshi, Sudiksha. "Nonindustrial private landowner's characteristics and their forest management decisions." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2007. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5365.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2007.Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 102 p. : ill. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-90).
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Smith, Nathan Ryan. "Federal Timber Income Taxes and Private Forest Landowners in the U.S." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35159.
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Recent concern has risen among forestry professionals that forest landowners are unaware of federal income tax provisions available to them that make forest management more cost effective. This concern specifically focuses on nine provisions. These nine provisions are: the treatment of timber income as capital gain, the deduction of annual management costs, depreciation of tangible property, the section 179 deduction, recovery of investment through depletion, the reforestation tax credit, amortization of reforestation costs over eight years, the exclusion of cost-share payments from gross income and deductions for casualty losses.
The publication is divided into three major parts. In Part I the specifics of the nine provisions are covered in detail according to the current Internal Revenue Code. Current income tax rates are examined. The Passive Activity Loss Rules (PALS) are reviewed in terms of how they affect landowner eligibility to use the nine provisions for current loss deductions. PALS limitations incurred by holding forestland as a passive trade or business, or active trade or business are examined. Advantages and disadvantages to holding forestland as an investment are also examined.
In Part II, the effects of timber income taxes on forestland investments are explored. Examples of taxes incurred (including the alternative minimum tax) when timber is sold are given. Tax calculations are based on a typical southern landowner involved with the management of a loblolly pine plantation. In Chapter 6, effects of using the nine income tax provisions on the land expectation value (LEV) of a typical forestland tract are examined for a high-income forest landowner and a low-income forest landowner engaged in both intensive and non-intensive loblolly pine management in the South. Cumulative effects of using or not using the nine income tax provisions in each regime are shown to dramatically influence LEV, and the importance of tax provision awareness is emphasized. In Chapter 7, the complexity of complying with timber tax law is examined. This chapter' s purpose is to provide an example of the detail involved in taking advantage of the tax laws. A demonstration of tax complexity is made with income tax calculations for the medium-income landowner in Chapter 6. The landowner first thins his 120-acre plantation in tax year 2003, and forms required by the IRS to use the tax provisions are identified and discussed. Although use of the provisions is essential for maximum economic returns, their complexity can discourage landowners from electing to use them.
Part III presents the results and discussion of a mail survey sent to members of the American Tree Farm System (ATFS). In the survey questionnaire, landowners were asked if they were aware of the nine tax provisions, and if they used them where applicable. They were also asked why they failed to use certain provisions when they know about them. Various hypotheses are tested in Chapter 13. The demographics of ATFS members are compared with the demographics of the general U.S. forest landowner population as described by Birch (1996). The ATFS population was more timber production as well as more land investment oriented. ATFS members have significantly more harvesting experience than the general landowner. Tree Farmers typically own larger parcel sizes than the average landowner. ATFS members belong to a forestry organization, and ATFS members are more motivated in terms of forest management than the typical landowner. The results show that ATFS awareness and use of the tax provisions are low. Thus, increased efforts by natural resource professionals to inform landowners of their tax options are indicated. Caution should be used when interpreting survey results, because over 70% of ATFS members use tax professionals to file their income taxes. Consequently, actual use of tax provisions could be higher than predicted if the tax professionals are well versed in dealing with timber income.Master of Science
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Lawrence, Gerald D. "Stumpage price expectations: an empirical analysis of nonindustrial private landowners in the Mid-Atlantic states." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51894.
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Numerous empirical studies outside of forestry have analyzed the role of price expectations in different decision processes. Empirical studies using price expectations in forestry research is a relatively new field of endeavor. Past studies have typically ignored or given cursory treatment to the role of price expectations.
This study provides a review of studies in forestry that have attempted to incorporate price expectations into model formulations. Models are then developed to explain the short-run harvest, and long-run regeneration expenditure decisions by the non-industrial private forest owner, incorporating different distributed lag formulations to account for price expectations.
The estimated models for the short-run harvest decision, using cross sectional non-aggregated data, indicates that price expectations play a significant role in this decision process. Therefore, price expectations should be incorporated in some form, (i.e. different forms of distributed lags), to properly specify models. Estimated models for the long-run regeneration expenditure decision indicates a weak link between economic variables and the regeneration decision.
For both types of models, estimated coefficients for personal characteristics of landowners are in general considered insignificant, indicating the lack of influence that personal characteristics have on these decision processesMaster of Science
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Paula, Ana Luiza de Campos Bailey Conner Morse Wayde C. "The willingness of non-industrial private forest landowners to supply wood biomass for a prospective wood-based bioenergy industry a case study from Lee County, Alabama /." Auburn, Ala, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10415/1801.
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Walden, John B. "Combined federal-state death tax implications for nonindustrial private forest landowners in the United States." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94488.
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Generally, death taxes are a social instrument used to break up large quantities of wealth in this country. They are intended to act as a pressure relief valve and prevent wealth concentration in the hands of a small number of individuals. Because the objectives and goals of individuals may be quite different from society, forest landowners are one group who face potentially serious problems due to death taxes. Illiquidity, low cash flows and credit problems can cause difficulties for heirs of forest land.
Death taxes are examined from a historical, legal and economic perspective. Specifically, this study focuses on the implications of both federal and state death taxes on private forest landowners. Particular attention is paid to changes which have occurred because of the 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA). Provisions which are designed to give estate tax relief to nonindustrial private forest landowners are also examined.
Study results show that federal death taxes are not reducing wealth concentration. It is also shown that through proper planning, estate taxes at the federal level can be eliminated. The state death tax burden can be substantial however, and must still be considered, even though many states have substantially eased their laws following ERTA. Proper planning, particularly when forest land is involved, should include both spouses. Finally, note that special provisions designed to give estate tax relief to farm and woodland owners have fallen short of this goal, primarily because of the complex regulations which are involved.M.S.
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Ashton, Sarah Fielding. "A Study of Cooperative Ventures Addressing the Needs of Forest Landowners in Southern Appalachia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34143.
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Globalization, specialization, decentralization, and urbanization are changing social, economic, and ecological conditions for forest landowners throughout the United States. One possible response to these new and recurring challenges is economic cooperatives, an old idea being retooled and reapplied, keeping more of the power, control, and profit generated by natural resource extraction and management in the hands of private forest landowners and local communities.
Detailed case studies were carried out on four cooperatives in the Southern Appalachian region. The objectives for this study were: 1) to develop a set of potential criteria/attributes/dimensions/benefits by which these cooperative ventures can be evaluated, 2) to document and understand what mechanisms, institutions, and people will contribute to the success of these cooperatives, 3) to document and understand what obstacles stand in the way of these cooperatives, and 4) to illustrate these findings using four case studies and summarize results in key challenges and keys to success. The four main criteria developed to assess the success or potential success of landowner and business cooperatives were economic feasibility, social feasibility, community enhancement, and ecological sustainability.
The results of this study show that cooperative forestry endeavors such as those studied here are reaching out to forest owners missed by traditional service providers and outreach programs. They emphasize a different set of services coming from a different set of trusted sources and can build community capacity, improve ecological qualities, and enhance local economies; however, professional forestry, state and federal governments are only marginally involved with cooperative ventures. Additionally, nine key challenges that forestry cooperatives need to overcome were identified, and twelve keys to success defined.Master of Science
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Vokoun, Melinda M. "Investigating the Cooperative Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners when Stands are Spatially Interdependent." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26556.
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This research examines how the harvesting behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners, and their use of forestland for non-timber amenities, is affected by adjacent landowner behavior. The uncertainty an individual landowner has regarding adjacent landownersâ preferences, and how the production of non-timber amenities on their own stands relies on the condition of adjacent stocks, is specifically addressed. Economic characterizations of substitutes and complements are employed to investigate the differences in optimal stock levels at the steady state in the production of amenities under various levels of cooperation among landowners. It is shown that there are externalities present when landowners do not coordinate management actions when parcels are spatially interdependent. The effects of spatial interdependencies on landowner behavior are further explored using data from a survey of forest landowners in Central Virginia. Findings suggest that forest landowners are willing to coordinate activities, and such decisions are determined by similar characteristics that function in predicting landowner behavior regarding timber harvesting. Further, landownersâ decisions to use own and adjacent parcels were correlated, hinting at the spatial interdependencies of stocks in amenity valuations. Both the theoretical and empirical analyses suggest that the lack of coordination among landowners and its effects on stock management would be best addressed through the use of incentives to drive spatially efficient outcomes.Ph. D.
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Green, Champe Brockenbrough. "Adoption-diffusion of wildlife management innovations by nonindustrial private forestland owners." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042010-020203/.
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Kendra, Angelina. "New Landowners in Virginia's Forest: A Study of Motivations, Management Activities, and Perceived Obstacles." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28802.
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As forest ownership continues to change, forestry must change to be relevant to its new constituency and client base. Market segmentation can help in this task. There is no such thing as an average forest owner. This study assessed the motivations and forest practices of 661 new owners of forested lands ranging in size between 2 and 50 acres. The study focused on rapidly growing counties in Virginia. Cluster analysis techniques were used to identify six market segments: Absentee Investors, Young Families, Forest Planners, Preservationists, Farmers, And Professionals. Only the smallest market segment (Absentee Investors, n = 26) reflects motivations and forest management interests that somewhat resemble "traditional" forest landowners. The results suggest that "lifestyle" concerns are the major motivations of these new owners and seemingly determine receptivity to professional forestry advice. This analysis helps understand these differently motivated segments and suggests possible marketing strategies professional foresters can use to "sell" forestry and active forest management.
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Land managers increasingly are seeking to promote management of private forestland that transcends political and ownership boundaries. Descriptive analyses were used to characterize new landowners' intentions to participate in active management, both within individual property boundaries and in cooperation with neighboring landowners. The study also describes obstacles that these new owners perceive constrain their participation in active management. Further analysis explores potential differences in these variables related to amount of land owned, attitudes about private property rights, trust in forestry professionals, and attitudes about clearcutting and harvesting practices. The results suggest that private property rights are not an insurmountable problem to ecosystem management efforts. The forestry profession, however, seems to suffer from an invisibility problem among the population of new landowners. The very audience that ecosystem management programs target (owners of fewer than 20 acres of forestland) perceives itself to be least relevant to the message of cooperation. In fact, the biggest obstacle identified was that these new landowners have never thought about participating in active management, either within or across property boundaries.Ph. D.
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Haapasalo, Esa Matti. "Landowners' demand for environmental quality : a case study of private forest management in south-eastern Finland." Thesis, University of York, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369377.
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Ko, Dong Wook. "Evaluation of the Private Forestland Ownership Paracelization and its effects on the forest landscape in the southeastern Missouri Ozarks." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4144.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 8, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ingemarson, Fredrik. "Small-scale forestry in Sweden : owners' objectives, silvicultural practices and management plans /." Uppsala : Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2004. http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000657/.
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Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2004.Appendix includes reprints of four papers and manuscripts co-authored with others. Also issued electronically via World Wide Web in PDF format.
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Richert, David. "Public Understandings of Environmental Quality: A Case Study of Private Forest Land Management in Southwest Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31962.
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Environmental quality is a construct that has currency at the interface between science and policyâ it is used both to describe current conditions as well as prescribe desired future conditions. However, environmental quality has a multiplicity of definitions, owing to: a) the fact that there are a number of terms (or â sub constructsâ ) taken to be synonymous with environmental quality (i.e. environmental health, sustainability, biodiversity, integrity, and the like), and b) the fact that each of these sub constructs, in turn, have multiple meanings. Many in the field of natural sciences have been working on this problem of ambiguityâ attempting to develop precise and powerful definitions. Still others argue that environmental quality is a concept open to societal negotiation (in addition to scientific discovery). In this thesis, I argue that environmental quality can be understood and discussed by examining understandings of Nature and evaluations for Nature that seem to contribute to the ambiguity of meanings and outcomes for environmental quality.
To reach these conclusions, I interviewed 24 stakeholders who represented a broad range of concerns about and interests in environmental quality on private forest land in Southwest Virginia. I reviewed nearly 300 pages of interview text, looking for emerging themes and structures from their hour-long (on average) discussions of environmental quality. I found that among these 24 stakeholders, there were indeed, many ways of defining environmental quality (i.e. health, biodiversity, site productivity, et cetera). Additionally, I found that these different definitions for environmental quality seem to correlate with different understandings of Nature (what is Nature like?) and different values for Nature (how should Nature be used?) I conclude by discussing these implications, using examples from forestry outreach and extension.Master of Science
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Bick, Steven. "Donations and sales of conservation easements on forestland in the Northern Forest of New York State." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05222007-091436/.
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Guindon, Carlos F. "Protection of habitat critical to the resplendent quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, on private land bordering the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/539730.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential for protecting critical resplendent quetzal habitat on private lands bordering the south-western edge of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica. First, a habitat analysis was made of 12 forest patches using a 10% strip method to obtain an importance value for the Lauraceae fed on by the resplendent quetzal. Second, a landowner survey was conducted using a structured interview questionnaire to determine landowner attitudes, and the possible factors influencing these attitudes, towards forested land, wildlife, the resplendent quetzal and potential habitat protection incentives. Significant differences were found between forest patch importance values for the Lauraceae suggesting that for conservation purposes careful forest patch selection is important. Most landowners were found to value their forested land more than their land under other uses and to favor technical forest management assistance over leasing. If funding can be made available there is a good chance that resplendent quetzal habitat can be adequately protected and managed through providing assistance to those landowners with the most critical forest patches.Department of Natural Resources
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Watson, Adam. "Cost share payment and willingness to participate in Virginia's Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32876.
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Forest management practices which reduce southern pine beetle (SPB) risk benefit not only the landowners who perform them, but all those who draw benefits from southern pine forests in Virginia, especially other forest owners within the same region. One such management practice is pre-commercial thinning (PCT), which is particularly unattractive to non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners because of the substantial costs and delayed financial returns involved. Since the benefits to society generated by PCT are not fully realized by the individuals who might implement it, there may be a market externality in which PCT is underprovided across the landscape. The Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program (PBBPP) has the potential to correct this externality by reimbursing a portion of the costs of PCT for landowners who qualify. However, cost share incentives have been criticized for being ineffectual on the basis that landowners substitute publicly funded reimbursement for private investment, without altering their management practices. To investigate the effect of the PBBPP cost share for PCT, a survey was sent to 1,200 NIPF landowners in seven counties across the Piedmont and Coastal Plain physiographic regions of Virginia, where southern pine is prevalent and SPB hazard is a relevant concern. To measure willingness to participate in the program, a referendum style question was used in which the offered cost share ranged from 20% to 90%. Results of discrete choice models estimated from survey data indicate that cost sharing has a significant, positive effect on willingness to participate overall, though increasing reimbursement above 60% is unlikely to affect participation. Some landowners are not responsive or are less responsive to cost sharing due to personal and property characteristics.Master of Science
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Kaetzel, Brandon Russell. "Landowner decisions and motivations on the Tennessee northern Cumberland Plateau willingness to participate in government assistance programs and reasons for owning woodland /." 2008. http://etd.utk.edu/August2008MastersTheses/KaetzelBrandonRussell.pdf.
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Deane, Peter. "A failing science: Understanding private landowners in the forestry milieu." Master's thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/43243.
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This thesis contributes towards science studies in the forestry milieu, a topic little investigated. In particular, it directs attention to the paucity of theoretical and critical discourse amongst the private landowner research community. While conducting research into private forest landowners, significant difficulties were noted within the forestry milieu over understanding complex socio-material systems. Consequently, an assertion was made that there exists a single research rationality that has epistemic (knowledge) and normative (belief) characteristics which restrict how landowners can be known. To assess the assertion, thirty-two research reports were analysed from within the landowner literature using insights from epistemology (theory of knowledge) and critical realism (philosophy on the nature of reality). The analysis was conducted through a general assessment of core epistemic and normative criteria across all cases, as well as of a single case showing how the normative and epistemic inter-relate. It was found that one knowledge framework dominates. As a generalisation, it lacks conceptual sophistication and is largely a-theoretical, emphasising data collection by questionnaire and data analysis by statistics. The dominant knowledge framework proves to be objectivist, determinist, dualist, positivist and foundationalist. It is being informed by a normative approach that promotes managerialism to the exclusion of any other relational system regarding people and forests. Although the knowledge framework appears rational, the lack of critique and diversity in ways of building knowledge both internal to it and external to it across the research community, suggests the science produced in the research community that studies landowners is irrational. This thesis may encourage critical dialogue alongside growing the potential for diverse theorisations and methodological care in research.
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Hoyt, Kevin Patrick. "A Socioeconomic Study of the Non-industrial Private Forest Landowner Wood Supply Chain Link in the Cumberland Plateau Region of Tennessee." 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/550.
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The Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee currently is experiencing widespread forest parcelization and changes in species composition as a result of changes in land use and ownership. These changes can be attributed partially to industrial forest land divestiture, the lingering effects of the 1998 – 2002 Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) epidemic, and expanding development due to increasing population growth. The region has recently become a focus of debate concerning land use change, land management practices, and the effects on biodiversity.
A stratified random sample of 1600 Nonindustrial Private Forest (NIPF) landowners owning 40 or more acres of forestland were surveyed obtaining a 39 percent response rate. The survey was undertaken to gain new insight on the socio-demographics of Plateau NIPF landowners and to understand their forest management objectives and intentions for future timber harvesting activities.
The findings reveal almost 50 percent of respondents were retired or employed as professionals and lived on or within 60 miles of their forest land. Ninety-one percent of all respondents had either purchased or inherited their forest land, and the majority indicated they intended to pass their forest land on to their heirs. The top three nonconsumptive ownership objectives were to enjoy scenery (m = 3.98), for peacefulness (m = 3.94), and to preserve nature (m = 3.83). Timber management was ranked as only moderately important (m = 2.60). Forty-five percent of all respondents indicated that they had previously sold or harvested timber from their forest land, but only 30 percent indicated they intended to sell timber in the future.
Logit regression (n = 438) and factor analysis (n = 344) were used to model the respondents’ willingness to sell timber in the future. NIPF landowners who indicated they would most likely consider a future timber sale had sold timber in the past, had a higher interest in timber production, had received forest management advice in the past, and had a higher interest in maintaining the health of their forest. Factor analysis revealed landowners most likely to consider selling timber in the future fit into three principle component groupings: 1) Improvers; 2) Investors; 3) or Legacy Owners.
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Jer-Wei, Shue, and 許哲維. "Application of Involvement Theory to the influence of Reforestation Award Policy on Forestry Management Intention of Private Forest Landowner －An Illustration of Taichung County." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/03996642221847807536.
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Abstract The purpose of the research is to explore the influence of Reforestation Award Policy on forestry management intention of private forest landowner. The research use questionnaire survey of quantitative methods, survey forestry management intention and attitude to Reforestation Award Policy. I analysis the result of survey ,which is from surveying 151 private forest landowners in Taichung County, with methods of the descriptive statistics, T-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation analysis, and linear regression analysis.The results as follows: 1. The factors of management and economy influence the involvement of policy participation. The degree of policy participation direct proportion with cost, benefit, and degree of economic help. 2. The factors of economy influence the involvement of policy cognition. The degree of policy cognition direct proportion with cost, benefit, and degree of economic help. 3. The factors of resources influence the involvement of policy satisfaction. 4. Forest management intention may significantly different with job, forestland scale, goal of management, factors of economy. The forest management intention direct proportion with forestland scale, cost, benefit, and degree of economic help. 5. The landowner who will enlarge management scale in the future, their intention will be higher than others. The landowner who will leave forestry in the future, their intention will be lower than others. 6. The landowners who have experience of Reforestation Award policy participation, will higher than the landowners who don’t have any experience on policy participation, policy cognition, policy satisfaction, and total involvement scores. 7. The landowners whose scores of policy participation, policy cognition, policy satisfaction, and total involvement scores are high, have higher forest management intention. Forest management intention direct proportion with involvement of policy participation, policy cognition, and policy satisfaction. 8. Involvement of policy participation, policy cognition, and policy satisfaction explain 25.9% variance of Forest management intention explain. The standard regression equation: Y = 0.174 X1+ 0.156 X2 + 0.145 X3.( X1: policy participation; X2: policy cognition; X3: policy satisfaction) Key words：involvement theory, Reforestation Award Policy, Forest management intention
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Pan, Yi. "Private forest owners in Alabama profiles and holding size distribution /." 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/Send%205-11-07/PAN_YI_14.pdf.
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Cannon, T. Lincoln. "Comparison of timber tax options available to western Oregon small nonindustrial private forest land owners /." 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/11347.
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Damery, David T. "Factors influencing forest management planning by private forest landowners." 2006. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3212726.
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Planning is important it helps the landowner develop a more thorough understanding of the value of forestland. Formal recognition of the forests many values leads to more informed decision-making regarding land-use. A review of the literature on forest management planning and its relation to landowner behavior and timber harvesting is presented. In 1990 the U.S. Congress recognized the importance of planning by passing the Forest Stewardship Act. A history of the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) is presented. State-level data is analyzed to describe differences in the level of stewardship planning across states. Case studies of eight states, having either high or low levels of success in encouraging stewardship planning are presented. State forestry officials were interviewed regarding the techniques used, impediments, and success factors observed in implementing their states' FSP. Each states approach to stewardship plan development is described. An econometric model is developed to analyze causal factors that might lead to observed differences across states in the level of forest management planning, as measured by acreage under Forest Stewardship Plans. Factors including landowner characteristics, forest land characteristics, amenity values, and policy and information variables were tested. Results of the regression model found; base level of funding, Stewardship Incentive Program cost-share monies, agricultural property tax rates, number of forestry professionals, and region to be significant in explaining differences in the level of stewardship planning. A qualitative analysis of state case study interviews revealed a number of factors that affected the level of stewardship planning. High performing states: had a history of providing private forest landowner services, had property tax reduction programs that required management plans, provided management planning services free-of-charge, and collaborated successfully with related federal and state agencies, woodland owner and conservation groups. Impediments to achieving high levels of stewardship planning included: lack of a prior history of stewardship planning, a confusing and time consuming administrative process for plan approvals, friction between state service foresters and consulting foresters, lack of a financial incentive for consulting foresters to promote stewardship planning, and a focus on plan quality versus the quantity of acreage brought into planning.
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Lee, Karen J. "Hedonic estimation of forest amenity values of nonindustrial private landowners." 1997. http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/econ/pubs/misc/kjl971.pdf.
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Kim, Taeyoung. "Three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration through forest management and afforestation." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35894.
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This dissertation consists of three essays on private landowners' response to incentives for carbon sequestration in forests. The first essay examines private landowner response to incentives for carbon sequestration through various combinations of intermediate management practices. The second essay focuses on agricultural landowners' willingness to participate in an incentive program for carbon sequestration through afforestation, and estimates the potential for carbon sequestration from afforestation, as well as its cost. The third study examines relative performances of incentive targeting strategies for forest carbon sequestration under asymmetric information given spatially heterogeneous land types.
The first essay uses an econometric approach to analyze the factors affecting non-industrial private forest landowners' choice of forest management practices, and examines how these choices might change in response to the use of incentives for carbon sequestration. I use estimated parameters to simulate the carbon sequestration potential for different combinations of management practices, and compare the effectiveness and costs of performance-based and practice-based incentive payment schemes in the Western U.S. The results suggest that incentive payments can increase the probability that desirable combinations of management practices are adopted, and particularly that incentives targeting increased fertilization yield the highest carbon sequestration potential. I also find that a performance-based payment scheme produces higher carbon sequestration than a practice-based payments scheme. However, the annual sequestration potential of intermediate forest management in response to incentive payment is not as large as the sequestration potential of afforestation.
The second essay uses a survey-based stated preference approach to predict landowners' willingness to participate in a tree planting program for carbon sequestration as a function of various factors affecting landowners' decision making and different levels of incentive payments. The estimation results show that the annual payment for carbon sequestration significantly and positively affects landowners' stated level of enrollment in a tree planting program. I use the estimated parameters to conduct regional level simulations of carbon sequestration in response to incentive payments. These simulations show that the carbon supply function in the Pacific Northwest region is steeper than in the Southeast region because of the lower adoption rate and less available lands. The national level carbon supply functions derived from this study are steeper than those obtained from bottom-up engineering approaches and optimization models, and are in the same range as those from revealed preference approach studies.
The third essay uses both a conceptual analysis and a numerical analysis to examine the relative performances of incentive programs for carbon sequestration using alternative targeting criteria in the presence of asymmetric information and heterogeneity in costs and benefits. The results show that in the presence of asymmetric information, the combination of high cost-high benefit variability and negative correlation, which is the combination that achieves the greatest benefit gains under perfect information, can result in the greatest benefit losses. Additionally, a comparison of two targeting schemes shows that if cost variability is greater than benefit variability with negative correlation, the benefit achieved under benefit-cost ratio targeting can be lower than that under acreage targeting, so that an optimal targeting strategy under perfect information may no longer be optimal under asymmetric information.Graduation date: 2013
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Steiner, Davis Miriam L. E. "Facilitating Private Forestland Management: Relating Landowners’ Experience of their Forestland and their Conceptualization of Forest Management to their Management Behavior." 2008. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/376.
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Privately owned forestland accounts for the majority of forested land in the US and provides numerous ecological, economic and social benefits to its owners and society at large. However, numerous issues ranging from fragmentation and parcelization, to pressure from the forest products industry, to increasing land values for development and real estate interests threaten to “unravel” the forest landscape. Active management of forestland is seen as one way to combat such threats. Active management of private forestland has been linked to numerous factors such as private forest landowners’ (PFLs’) general education level and familiarity with forest management, their goals, interests, objectives, attitudes, values, beliefs, and socio-cultural identity and the size and tenure of their ownership, among others. However, despite numerous efforts to understand private forest landowners (PFLs) and their interests, goals and objectives in owning private forestland, and to educate them about, and provide assistance for, private forest management, most privately owned forestland is not managed and most landowners remain unaware of the assistance and information available to them. In addition, the primarily quantitative studies investigating how these factors relate to private forestland management have been criticized for producing diminishing returns and insufficiently updating survey instruments. Using a mixed methods study design, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches, this study, conducted in the Emory-Obed watershed of East Tennessee, examined how the meaning of PFLs’ experience of their forestland and their conceptualization of forest management, two variables previously unaddressed in the literature, relate to PFL management behavior.
Based on their experiences with their land, PFLs were found to form strong personal attachments to their land. Both the strength and the nature of these attachments varied relative to the degree to which PFLs actively engaged in forest management practices. The experience of those who actively engage in forest management activities is focused on the land and its condition, while the experience of those who do not actively engage in forest management activities is focused on themselves and how the experience makes them feel. Private forestland was also experienced as place. When these ways of experiencing forestland were quantified, a set of five components characteristic of the experience of forestland were identified: emotional connection to forestland, connection to nature via forestland, connection to family via forestland, forestland provision of PFL personal and financial gain, and forestland provision of financial investment. The more actively engaged with private forest land management PFLs were, the more strongly they agreed that each of these components was both meaningful and important to them.
Landowners also varied in the ways in which they understood the forest management concept. Landowners simultaneously conceptualized forest management as property maintenance, as creating and enhancing forest habitat and as making money. As with the meaning of PFLs experience of their forestland, the more actively engaged in forest management activities PFLs were, the more strongly they agreed each of these components defined forest management. Lastly, the vast majority of PFLs participating in this study stated they believe they manage their forestland. This is in stark contrast to conclusions reported in the literature concerning the percentage of PFLs actually managing their forestland and is attributed in part to lack of standardization in the operationalization of forest management participation measures reported in the literature. Several implications of the findings for professional forestry practice, research, outreach and education are made based on recognizing the importance of the meaning of landowners’ experience of their forestland and their conceptualization of forest management to their interest in and engagement in forest management activities. For example, as the findings indicate PFLs may not see a relationship between the ways their forestland is meaningful to them and their understanding of what it means to manage their forestland, forest landowner educational opportunities and events capitalizing on the strong personal attachments PFLs feel to their land and utilizing language similar to their own ways of speaking about these attachments such as, “Getting to Know Your Woods”, “The Woods in Your Backyard: What’s There and Why You Should Care” and “Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Enjoying and Profiting From Your Forestland” may prove more effective than traditional programs.
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Davis, Miriam L. E. Steiner. "Facilitating private forestland management relating landowners' experience of their forestland and their conceptualization of forest management to their management behavior /." 2008. http://etd.utk.edu/2008/DavisMiriam.pdf.
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