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The National Woodland Owner Survey Dashboard is an interactive tool that generates plots and tables from the National Woodland Owner Survey results. Users can select specific survey questions, years (survey cycles), geographies, a domain (minimum forest holding size), and units (acres or ownerships) to tailor the results to their needs.

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National Resource Use Monitoring Data

Download data from the National Resource Use Monitoring’s Timber Products Output and Harvest Utilization Studies.

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Forest Ownership in the United Sates. An estimated 10.9 million families, individuals, trusts, and estates own approximately 259 million acres of forest in the United States. These family forest ownerships control more forests and woodlands than any other group. A pie chart shows the 37% of forests are owned by family forest owners, 22% by corporate owners, 29% by the federal government, 7% by state governments, 2% by local governments, and 2% by Tribal. Notes: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding. Values exclude Interior Alaska. Source: Family forest ownerships of the United States, 2023.

U.S. Forest Ownership Infographic

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Family Forest Research Center Brochure

National Resource Use Monitoring Brochure

National Woodland Owner Survey 2018 Brochure

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Webinar: Passive Forest Management

By Paul Catanzaro (UMass)

Webinar: Deciding the Future of Your Land

By Paul Catanzaro (UMass)

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Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) offers guides and techniques to help you connect with private forest owners. The site offers valuable resources for designing and implementing effective outreach strategies tailored to landowner interests and motivations.

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The Family Forest Research Center maintains a comprehensive database of scientific literature on private forest owners, containing more than 11,000 citations. This database is available through the free Zotero platform.

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We update this database on a regular basis, but if there are citations that you notice are missing, please add them directly or contact us.

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