scholarly journals Estimating a Family Forest Landowner's Likelihood of Posting against Trespass

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Snyder ◽  
Michael A. Kilgore ◽  
Steven J. Taff ◽  
Joseph M. Schertz
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Property Values ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Parcel Size ◽  
Private Forestland ◽  
Gain Access

Abstract Hunters and other recreators face challenges to gain access to private forestland in the United States because of an increasing number of landowners posting their land. A landowners' decision to post their land is influenced by a variety of factors, including landowner characteristics, hunter behavior, and parcel attributes. We used a logit model to help understand why family forest landowners in Minnesota post their land against public trespass. Factors that increased the likelihood of posting included younger owners, a perception that allowing access would interfere with one's own hunting, a perception that allowing access would result in damage to one's property, hunting as the primary reason for forestland ownership, larger parcel size, having a management plan, higher property values, and a high percentage of surrounding area open to public hunting. Implications of increased posting by family forest owners on hunting access and wildlife management are discussed.

scholarly journals Financial Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: A Comparative Study for 10 Southern States of the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-597
Author(s):  
Srijana Baral ◽  
Yanshu Li ◽  
Bin Mei
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Southern States ◽  
Income Family ◽  
Jobs Act

Abstract Changes in tax codes applicable to timberland investments can affect tax treatment of timber revenues and expenses. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is regarded as the most expansive overhaul of tax codes in the United States since 1986; however, our understanding of its effects on timberland investments for family forest owners has yet to be explored. Using the discounted cash-flow method, we estimated and compared effects of TCJA on land expectation value (LEV) and net tax from managing timberland for two classifications of median-income family forest owners in 10 southern states. Results showed a decrease in LEV and net tax for both material participants and investors, with a greater effect on landowners managing timberland as investments. Thus, owning timberland can become less beneficial under the current law for median-income family forest landowners. Study Implications: Family forests occupy a large portion of the total forest area in the United States and provide various goods and services to society. Taxes and tax policies are regarded as important issues for these landowners because policies could ultimately influence timberland investment, ownership structure, and management activities. After the 2017 tax reform, landowners became concerned about the effect of the new act on profitability and financial return from timberland investment. Here, we attempt to provide a better understanding of tax effects by estimating change in net benefit of owning and managing timberland under the current law compared with the previous law in 10 southern states. For policymakers, this study can provide insight into the importance of considering unique characteristics of timberland investment during the tax policy design and evaluation process. For landowners, this study can facilitate the timberland investment decisionmaking process and serve as a guide to the effects of the new tax rules on returns.

People, Place, and Politics: The Role of Place Attachment and Conflict in Forest Communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janean H. Creighton ◽  
Keith A. Blatner ◽  
Matthew Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Growth Management ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Western Washington ◽  
Attachment To Place

Abstract For this study we wanted to identify the meanings (shared and contested) that family forest landowners in rural western Washington assigned to their properties in the context of a rapidly urbanizing environment. Two categories of family forest landowners emerged with respect to the acceptance of the proposed growth management plan and corresponded to the degree of attachments the interviewees exhibited regarding where they lived and in how they described themselves with respect to the community and a dispute regarding the plan. For the long-term residents, their attachment to place provides the foundation for their ties to family and tradition. Although the newcomers interviewed expressed emotional attachments to the area, their attachments were not necessarily tied to their identity, or within any historical context. For the newcomers, involvement in local land-use planning may serve to reinforce the significance of the attachments they developed to their adopted home and strengthen their desire that the area remain pristine.

scholarly journals Taxing Family Forest Owners: Implications of Federal and State Policies in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (7) ◽  
pp. 371-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett J. Butler ◽  
Paul F. Catanzaro ◽  
John L. Greene ◽  
Jaketon H. Hewes ◽  
Michael A. Kilgore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Family Forest

scholarly journals One Size Does Not Fit All: Relationships between Size of Family Forest Holdings and Owner Attitudes and Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-44
Author(s):  
Brett J Butler ◽  
Jesse Caputo ◽  
Amanda L Robillard ◽  
Emma M Sass ◽  
Chris Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Land Tenure ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
Timber Harvesting ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Cost Share ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Using Data

Abstract An estimated 10 million families, individuals, trusts, and estates own 39 percent of the forestland in the United States, excluding interior Alaska. Using segmented regression, the relationships between size of forest holdings and the attitudes and behaviors of these family forest ownerships were tested using data from the 2018 iteration of the USDA Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey. All 16 variables tested have significant relationships with size of forest holdings, and 13 have one or more breakpoints, ranging from 40 to 5,854 ac, where the relationships between the variables change. Timber as a reason for owning, timber harvesting activities, management plan, advice received, land certified, tax program participation, cost share, recreation, land tenure, recreation, taxes and heirs as concerns, land transfer, and income from forestland have positive relationships with size of forest holdings; resident ownership has a negative relationship; and wildlife as a reason for owning and owner age have mixed relationships.

Minority Family Forest Owners in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Sarah M Butler ◽  
John Schelhas ◽  
Brett J Butler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
National Woodland Owner Survey ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Attention To Diversity

Abstract Family forest owners own more forestland in the United States than any other group. There have been no national studies of racial and ethnic minority family forest owners in the United States, in spite of increasing attention to diversity in forestry. Using the US Forest Service’s National Woodland Owner Survey data, we sought to better understand minority owners by looking at their characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors. Of the over 4 million family forest ownerships with 10+ ac in the United States, minorities comprise 6.6 percent of the ownerships and own 5.1 percent of the 265 million ac. Although many similarities exist between minority and nonminority owners, such as reasons for owning land and concerns, minority landowners tend to be more regionally located, have smaller forest holdings, are less likely to manage their forests, and are less likely to have participated in assistance programs. Broad insight into the attitudes and behaviors of minority family forest owners can help policymakers, program directors, and outreach coordinators begin to understand the needs of minority landowners, providing this historically underserved group with tools they need to attain their forest management and land-use goals. By increasing minority landowner engagement, we can hopefully slow the loss of land by minority landowners.

scholarly journals U.S. Family Forest Owners' Forest Management for Climate Adaptation: Perspectives From Extension and Outreach Specialists

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolena vonHedemann ◽  
Courtney A. Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Climate Impacts ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Family Forest ◽  
The Us

In the United States (US), family forest owners, a group that includes individuals, families, trusts, and estates, are the largest single landowner category, owning approximately one-third of the nation's forests. These landowners' individualized decision-making on forest management has a profound impact on US forest cover and function at both local and regional scales. We sought to understand perceptions among family forest specialists of: climate impacts and adaptation options across different forested US regions; how family forest owners are taking climate adaptation into consideration in their forest management, if at all; and major barriers to more active management for adaptation among family forest owners. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 48 forest experts across the US who work with family forest owners, including extension specialists, state forestry agency employees, and consulting foresters who focus on family forest engagement. Our interviewees shared details on how both climate change impacts and forest management for climate adaptation vary across the US, and they perceived a lack of active forest management by family forest owners. They explained that western forest landowners confronting the imminent threat of catastrophic wildfires are more likely to see a need for active forest management. By contrast, in the east, where most forestland is privately owned, interviewees said that landowners see relatively fewer climate impacts on their forests and less need for forest management to respond to climate change. Perceived barriers to more active family forest management for climate adaptation include the lack of more robust markets for a wide range of forest products, a higher capacity forestry workforce, education and assistance in planning forest management, and addressing the issue of increased parcelization of family forest lands. We situate these perceptions in conversations on the role of boundary organizations in climate adaptation, how individual adaptation occurs, and how governing methods frame adaptation possibilities.

scholarly journals Hansel and Gretel Walk in the Forest, Landowners Walk in the Woods: A Qualitative Examination of the Language Used by Family Forest Owners

2016 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Andrejczyk ◽  
Brett J. Butler ◽  
Mary L. Tyrrell ◽  
Judith Langer
Keyword(s):  
Family Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Owners ◽  
Forest Landowners ◽  
Family Forest
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