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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"NIPF landowners"”.
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Collaborative Interface Modeling of Fuel Wood Harvesting Practices: Residential NIPF Landowners of the Jefferson National Forest Wildland/Urban Interface, Montgomery County, Virginia
Residential non-industrial private forest (NIPF) owners within the Wildland/Urban interface are an increasingly important forest owner demographic. An increase in rural residential land use is fragmenting historically large contiguous forestlands. Consequently resource management has become …
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Cost share payment and willingness to participate in Virginia's Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program
… pine beetle (SPB) risk benefit not only the landowners who perform them, but all those who draw benefits from southern pine forests in Virginia, especially other forest owners within the same region. One such management practice is pre-commercial thinning (PCT), which is particularly …
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Silvicultural Methods for Improving Hardwood Management on Non-Industrial Private Forest land in Virginia
… information for non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. It is so important to target NIPF landowners because the 350 million acres of timberland they own will play a large part in the future of the United States timber supply (Haynes 2002).
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Non-industrial Landowners, the Incentive to Forego Harvesting, and the Importance of Scale of Activities
Despite all that has been written regarding NIPF landowners, there have not been any studies providing a clear examination of willingness to harvest using a range of harvesting prices. An interesting problem that has not been previously examined is the determination of the relationship between the …
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Economics of Managing Loblolly Pine Plantations for Increased Wildlife Biodiversity
… over a range of nonindustrial private landowner (NIPF) alternative rates of return (ARRs) and site indexes were net present worth, land expectation value, and equal annual annuity. These economic analyses demonstrated that altering management regimes towards increased biodiversity and charging a …
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A long-run timber output projection model for the nonindustrial private forest sector
… commercial forest area. Timber output from the NIPF has been a major forest policy issue throughout this century. A long-run regional timber output projection model was developed for the NIPF sector. The model was based upon two key assumptions: (1) forest management intensity and timber output …
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Impacts of Land and Ownership Characteristics on the Stumpage Prices for Virginia's Nonindustrial Forests
… demographics of non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners are shifting away from an agricultural, rural focus to an urban oriented lifestyle and absentee ownership. These changes may mean less timber available for purchase by the forest industry. Timber that is sold will be on smaller …
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Reservation Prices and Willingness to Accept Price Offers for Nonindustrial Forest Landowners in Western Virginia
… what motivates nonindustrial private forest landowners to accept bids of various levels for harvesting. Through the use of a survey we specifically consider what preferences and landowner characteristics effect these decisions. Landowners were randomly selected from counties in Southwest …
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Effects of Shifting Populations and Preferences on Nonindustrial Landowner Behavior: An Example from Virginia
… characteristics, and owner preferences affect landowners' decisions concerning their forestland. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of absenteeism and land fragmentation on landowner behavior. Such information is important for targeting policies that will successfully maintain …