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Issues Related to Recent Changes in Forestland Ownership

BIOMASS/BIOENERGY WORKSHOP. Issues Related to Recent Changes in Forestland Ownership. Brett J. Butler USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Forest Inventory and Analysis Family Forest Research Center. Overview. Ownership patterns Mapping, TIMO/REIT, Family forest owners

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Issues Related to Recent Changes in Forestland Ownership

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  1. BIOMASS/BIOENERGY WORKSHOP Issues Related to Recent Changes in Forestland Ownership Brett J. Butler USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station Forest Inventory and Analysis Family Forest Research Center

  2. Overview • Ownership patterns • Mapping, TIMO/REIT, Family forest owners • Ownership trends • Change matrices, Family Forest Owners, Projections • Biomass specific • Wood availability, Landowner Preferences

  3. Patterns: MappingButler, Hewes, Nelson, Liknes & Snyder

  4. Patterns: TIMOs and REITsZhang, Nagubadi & Butler

  5. Patterns: Family Forest OwnersNational Woodland Owner Survey Forest characteristics Ownership history Ownership objectives Forest use Forest management Information sources Concerns Intentions Demographics

  6. Patterns: Family Forest OwnersNational Woodland Owner Survey Size of Forest Holdings

  7. Patterns: Family Forest OwnersNational Woodland Owner Survey Family Forest Owners by Attitudinal Type* * Developed as part of the Sustaining Family Forests Initiative

  8. Patterns: Family Forest OwnersNational Woodland Owner Survey Age: 44% 65 or older Occupation: 52% retired Gender: 78% male Race: 97% white Education: 41% college degree Income: 27% $100,000 or greater

  9. Trends: Ownership Change MatricesHarper, Turner & Butler Time 2 (To) Time 1 (From)

  10. Trends: Ownership Change MatricesHarper, Turner & Butler Federal Federal State State Local Local Forest industry Forest industry Forest industry Corporate Corporate Family Family Other private Other private Non-forest Non-forest

  11. Trends: Family Forest OwnersButler & Ma Change in Size of Family Forest Holdings in the Northern U.S.

  12. Trends: Family Forest OwnersButler & Ma Change in Average Size of Family Forest Holdings in the Northern U.S.

  13. ProjectionsButler & Snyder; Mercer, Butler & Wear • Ownership transition matrices • Urbanization model • Land rent model

  14. Biomass: Wood AvailabilityButler, Ma, Kittredge & Catanzaro Biomass by Ownership in the Northern U.S.

  15. Biomass: Wood AvailabilityButler, Ma, Kittredge & Catanzaro Where: • BiomassA: total amount of available biomass • Biomassi: amount of biomass represented by plot i • ReductionRateij: biomass availability reduction rate

  16. Biomass: Wood AvailabilityButler, Ma, Kittredge & Catanzaro Biomass Availability by Constraint for Family Forest Owners in the Northern U.S. Availability Reduced by 62%!

  17. Biomass: Family Forest Owner PreferencesLindsay, Catanzaro, Kittredge & Butler • Awareness • Preferences • Willingness to participate

  18. Conclusions • Money, money, money (?) • Size matters • They’re a bunch of old guys

  19. Comments or questions? Brett ButlerUSDA Forest Service, Amherst, MA bbutler01@fs.fed.us www.fia.fs.fed.us/nwos www.FamilyForestResearchCenter.org

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