Resources for Landowners

Find a Forestry Professional

A public forester or other professional in your state can help with questions related to your woodlands.

Find a forester in your state

State	Link to Resources
Alabama	Alabama Forestry Commission
Alaska	Alaska Department of Natural Resources – Division of Forestry
Arizona	Arizona Department of Forestry
Arkansas	Arkansas Forestry Commission
California	University of California Forest Research and Outreach
Colorado	Colorado State Forest Service
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Delaware	Delaware Department of Agriculture: Forest Conservation
Florida	Florida Department of Agriculture
Georgia	Georgia Forestry Commission
Hawaii	Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Idaho	Idaho Department of Lands
Illinois	University of Illinois Extension
Indiana	Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Iowa	Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kansas	Kansas Forest Service
Kentucky	Kentucky Department of Natural Resources
Louisiana	Louisiana Departmet of Agriculture and Forestry
Maine	Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Maryland	Maryland Deparment of Natural Resources
Massachusetts	MassWoods Forest Conservation Program
Michigan	Michigan State University Forestry Extension Program
Minnesota	University of Minnesota Forestry Extension
Mississippi	Mississippi State University Extension
Missouri	Missouri Department of Conservation
Montana	Montana Forestry Assistance Bureau
Nebraska	Nebraska Forest Service
Nevada	Nevada Division of Forestry
New Hampshire	University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension
New Jersey	New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
New Mexico	New Mexico State Forestry
New York	New York Department of Environmental Conservation
North Carolina	North Carolina Forest Service
North Dakota	North Dakota Forest Service
Ohio	Ohio Division of Forestry
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Forestry Services
Oregon	Oregon Department of Forestry
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
South Carolina	South Carolina Forestry Commission
South Dakota	South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Tennessee	Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Texas	Texas Forest Service
Utah	Utah Division of Fire, Forestry & State Lands
Vermont	Vermont Division of Forestry
Virginia	Virginia Department of Forestry
Washington	Washington Department of Natural Resources – Small Forest Landowner Office
West Virginia	West Virginia Division of Forestry
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wyoming	Wyoming State Forestry Division

Other Resources

Database of Research on Private Forest Owners

Family Forest Owner Literature Database

The Family Forest Research Center maintains a comprehensive database of scientific literature related to family forest owners. This database is available through the free Zotero platform.

Visit the Zotero Database

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.

Who Owns the Trees?

You do! This educational video from BeLeaf It or Not! explores the different types of forest ownership in the United States. While the video focuses on forests in the Great Lakes region, the information applies to forests nationwide.