Family Forest Research Center

• National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS)
• MassAcorn
• Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE)
• Are Family Forest Owners Willing to Provide Recreational Access to the Public
• Projecting Forest Ownership Changes in the Southern United States
• Social availability of woody biomass on family forestlands
• Forest ownership dynamics over time
• The potential for carbon sequestration on family forestland
• Landowner decision-making cycle
• What affects family forest owners’ participation in forest conservation programs in the United States
• The potential for biomass harvesting on family forestland
• Effect of State & Local Taxes on Family Forests

Forest ownership dynamics over time

A comparison of four national surveys (1953, 1978, 1994, and 2006) is conducted to understand the change in the characteristics of forest cover and ownership over time.