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Family Forest Research Center

[ U.S. Forest Service ] [ University of Massachusetts Amherst ]

Publications

Markowski-Lindsay, M., Stevens, T., D.B. Kittredge, B.J. Butler, P. Catanzaro, and B.J. Dickinson. Barriers to Massachusetts forest landowner participation in carbon markets. Ecological Economics. In Press.

Ma, Z., B.J. Butler, D.B. Kittredge, and P. Catanzaro. 2011. Factors associated with landowner involvement in forest conservation programs in the U.S.: Implications for policy design and outreach. Land Use Policy 20 (2012): 53-61.

Ma, Z., D.B. Kittredge, and P. Catanzaro. 2011. Challenging the Traditional Forestry Extension Model: Insights from the Woods Forum Program in Massachusetts. Small-scale Forestry (7 May 2011), pp. 1-14.

Bengston, D.N., S.T. Asah, and B.J. Butler. 2011. The Diverse Values and Motivations of Family Forest Owners in the United States: An Analysis of an Open-ended Question in the National Woodland Owner Survey. Small-scale Forestry 10(3): 339-355. 

Butler, B.J., Z. Ma. 2011. Family Forest Owner Trends in the Northern United States. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 28(1): 13-18.

Ma, Z. and D.B. Kittredge. 2011. How Family Forest Owners Consider Timber Harvesting, Land Sale, and Conservation Easement Decisions: Insights from Massachusetts, USA. International Journal of Forestry Research 2011: 1-13.

Becker, D.R., Wilson, G.L., and S.A. Snyder 2010.  Private forest landowner attitudes towards Off-Highway Vehicle Access on Private Lands: A Minnesota Case Study.  Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 27(2): 62-67.

Butler, B.J., Z. Ma, D.B. Kittredge, and P. Catanzaro. 2010. Social versus Biophysical Availability of Wood in the Northern United States. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 27(4): 151-159.

D'Amato, A.W., P.F. Catanzaro, D.T. Damery, D.B. Kittredge, and K.A. Ferrare. 2010. Are Family Forest Owners Facing a Future In Which Forest Management Is Not Enough? Journal of Forestry 108(1): 32-38.

Mundell, J., Taff, S.J., Kilgore, M.A., and S.A. Snyder. 2010.  Using Real Estate Records to Assess Forest Land Parcelization and Development: A Minnesota Case Study. Landscape and Urban Planning. 94, 71-76.

Fletcher, L.S., D. Kittredge, T. Stevens. 2009. Forest landowners' willingness to sell carbon credits: a pilot study. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 26(1): 35-37.

Kittredge, D.B. 2009. The Fire in the East. Journal of Forestry 107(3): 162-163.

Majumdar, I., D. Laband, L. Teeter, and B.J. Butler. 2009. Motivations and Land-Use Intentions of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners: Comparing Inheritors to Noninheritors. Forest Science 55(5): 423-432.

Rickenbach, M. and D.B. Kittredge. 2009. Time and distance: comparing motivations among forest landowners in New England. Small-Scale Forestry 8(1): 95–108.

Snyder, S.A., Kilgore, M.A., Taff, S.J., and J.M. Schertz. 2009. Does forest land posted against trespass really mean no hunter access? Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 14(4):251-264.

Butler, B.J. 2008. Family Forest Owners of the United States, 2006. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-27. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 72 p.

Indrajit, M., L. Teeter, and B. J. Butler. 2008. Characterizing Family Forest Owners: A Cluster Analysis Approach. Forest Science 54(2): 176-184.

Kilgore, M.A., Snyder, S.A., Taff, S.J., and J.M. Schertz. 2008. Family Forest Stewardship: Do owners need a financial incentive? Journal of Forestry, 106(7), 357-362.

Kilgore, M.A., Snyder, S.A., Taff. S.J., and J.M. Schertz. 2008. The Cost of Acquiring Public Hunting Access on Family Forest Lands. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 13:175-186.

 Kilgore, M.A., Snyder, S.A., Schertz, J.M., and S.J. Taff. 2008. What Does it Take to Get Family Forest Owners to Enroll in a Forest-Stewardship Type Program?  Journal of Forest Policy and Economics, 10:507-514.  

Snyder, S.A. Kilgore, M.A., Taff, S.J., and J.M. Schertz. 2008. Estimating a Family Forest Landowner’s Likelihood of Posting Their Land against Trespass Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 25(4), 180-185

Snyder, S.A. Kilgore, M.A., Hudson, R., and J. Donnay. 2008. Influence of Purchaser Perceptions and Intentions on Price for Forest Land Parcels: A Hedonic Pricing Approach. Journal of Forest Economics, 14:47-72. 

Butler, B.J., M. Tyrrell, G. Feinberg, S. VanManen, L. Wiseman, and S. Wallinger. 2007. Understanding and reaching family forest owners: lessons from social marketing research. Journal of Forestry 105(7): 348-357.

Finley, A.O., D.B. Kittredge, T.H. Stevens, C.M. Schweik, and D.C. Dennis. 2006. Interest in cross-boundary cooperation: identification of distinct types of private forest owners. Forest Science 52(1): 10-22.

Finley, A.O. and D.B. Kittredge. 2006. Thoreau, Muir, and Jane Doe: different types of private forest owners need different kinds of forest management. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(1): 27-34.

McDonald, R.I., G. Motzkin, M.S. Bank, D.B. Kittredge, J. Burk, and D.R. Foster. 2006. Forest harvesting and land-use conversion over two decades in Massachusetts. Forest Ecology and Management 227: 31-41.

Belin, D.L., D.B. Kittredge, T.H. Stevens, D.F. Dennis, C.M. Schweik, and B.J. Morzuch. 2005. Assessing private forest owner attitudes toward ecosystem-based management. Journal of Forestry 103(1): 28-35.

Kittredge, D.B. 2005. The cooperation of private forest owners on scales larger than one individual property: international examples and potential application in the United States. Forest Policy and Economics 7: 671-688.

Butler, B.J. and E.C. Leatherberry. 2004. America’s family forest owners. Journal of Forestry 102(7): 4-14.

Kittredge, D.B. 2004. Extension/outreach implications for America’s Family Forest owners. Journal of Forestry 102(7): 15-18.

Berlik, M.M., D.B. Kittredge, and D.R. Foster. 2002. The illusion of preservation: a global environmental argument for the local production of natural resources. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1557-1568.

Barten, P.K., D. Damery, P. Catanzaro, J. Fish, S. Campbell, A. Fabos, and L. Fish. 2001. Massachusetts family forests: birth of a landowner cooperative. Journal of Forestry 99(3): 23-30.