The elephant in the room: absentee landowner issues in conservation and land management

P Petrzelka, Z Ma, S Malin - Land use policy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this article, we provide a synthesis of the peer-reviewed literature and state and federal
policies focused on absentee landowners of forestland, rangeland, or farmland in the US …

Boosters of and barriers to smooth communication in family forest owners' decision making

T Hujala, J Tikkanen - Scandinavian journal of forest research, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The internationally recognized need to adjust non-industrial private forest policies inspired
this study, which seeks a deeper understanding of the communication around decision …

Nonindustrial private forest landowner characteristics and use of forestry services in four southern states: Results from a 2002–2003 mail survey

MK Measells, SC Grado, HG Hughes… - Southern Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Forest resources are important economic assets to the southern United States; however,
many landowners do not realize the full benefit of their forestland. It was believed that few …

Private landowner intent to supply woody feedstock for bioenergy production

ZJ Leitch, JM Lhotka, GA Stainback, JW Stringer - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
In this research, we evaluated the intent of engaged private forest landowners to supply
woody biomass for bioenergy production. The study was conducted in a US state (Kentucky) …

Reaching forest owners through their social networks in timber sales

K Korhonen, T Hujala, M Kurttila - Scandinavian journal of forest …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study maps forest owners' communication relationships in timber sales in Finland. The
study applies the concept of structural equivalence from social network analysis. The aim is …

Segmenting landowners based on their information-seeking behavior: A look at landowner education on the red oak borer

S GC, S Mehmood, J Schelhas - Journal of Forestry, 2009 - academic.oup.com
This study uses a segmentation technique to classify landowners into four relevant groups to
explore their information-seeking behavior about the red oak borer—an insect pest found …

Does Absence Make the Heart Grow Less Fond? Spatial Proximity Partially Predicts Family Forest Landowner Engagement

J Caputo, SA Snyder - Small-scale Forestry, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Families constitute the largest forest ownership group in the United States. Previous
research has suggested that absenteeism influences how families perceive, use, and …

The role of extension and forest characteristics in understanding the management decisions of new forest owners in Ireland

V Upton, M Ryan, K Heanue, ÁN Dhubháin - Forest Policy and Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
Many European countries have seen significant changes in forest ownership structure, with
the emergence of a cohort commonly referred to as new forest owners, mainly within the non …

Adoption of woodland management practices by private forest owners in Virginia

MS Rasamoelina, JE Johnson, RB Hull - Forest Science, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Sustainable management of private forests is a key issue to ensure sound rural economics
and a flow of ecosystem benefits. Logistic regression models for the adoption of woodland …

Landowners' knowledge, attitude, and aspirations towards woody biomass markets in North Carolina

JD Shaw - 2009 - repository.lib.ncsu.edu
The goal of this research study was to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges
and opportunities of developing a woody biomass industry that includes non-industrial …