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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"forestland"”.
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Adoption-diffusion of wildlife management innovations by nonindustrial private forestland owners
… was conducted for 49 nonindustrial private forestland (NIPF) owners. Participant-owners were surveyed 6 months after their training to monitor adoption and diffusion activity. Owners who were nominated by local natural resources professionals adopted significantly more management innovations …
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Streamside Management Zone effectiveness for protecting water quality following forestland application of biosolids
… year following biosolids application to adjacent forestlands.
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Donations and sales of conservation easements on forestland in the Northern Forest of New York State
This is a study of conservation easements of forestland in the Northern forest Region of New York State. Forestland easements are the subset of conservation easements encumbering forestland. As of 1995, there were 79 of these forestland easements within the study area. Of this total of 79 …
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Potential effects of technical assistance foresters on pine planting on non-industrial private forestland in the South
… levels on the South's non-industrial private forestlands (NIPFs) are projected to increase by 40 percent. These ownerships include 75 percent of the commercial timberland in the South, and account for 64 percent of the timber volume harvested in the region annually. Long-term sustained yield …
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A Survey of Conservation Easement Restrictions on Private Forest Land to Determine their Effects on Forest Management and Timber Supply
… nearly 2.6 million acres in 2000, an estimate of forestland protected is nonexistent. Additionally, no empirical studies address forest management on current easements nationwide, although a few studies address forestry at the state- or regional-level. As a result, this survey was designed to …
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Non-timber forest product livelihood opportunities in Appalachia
… via mail those who own 5 or more acres of forestland in 14 Southwest Virginia Appalachian counties to understand extent to which they are interested in forest farming or leasing land for forest farming. We had a response rate of 28.9% and found 45% of forest landowners, owning 47% of the …
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Federal Timber Income Taxes and Private Forest Landowners in the U.S
… deductions. PALS limitations incurred by holding forestland as a passive trade or business, or active trade or business are examined. Advantages and disadvantages to holding forestland as an investment are also examined. In Part II, the effects of timber income taxes on forestland investments are …
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Effects of Shifting Populations and Preferences on Nonindustrial Landowner Behavior: An Example from Virginia
… 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 commercial timber levels throughout the state.
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New Landowners in Virginia's Forest: A Study of Motivations, Management Activities, and Perceived Obstacles
… are seeking to promote management of private forestland that transcends political and ownership boundaries. Descriptive analyses were used to characterize new landowners' intentions to participate in active management, both within individual property boundaries and in cooperation with …
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Land-use change effects on soil organic carbon, total soil nitrogen, and soil erosion in a temperate forest and grassland
… in the cropland. Most of the difference in the forestland was seen in the upper 15 cm. TSN levels for the Illinois sites showed little difference except in depositional areas where the cropland had higher levels. Results suggested that the conversion of prairie to agriculture resulted in a 51% …
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Television, mass media, and environmental cultivation: a study of private forest landowners in Delaware
… landowners – owners of at least one acre of forestland as determined by geographic information systems (GIS) analysis – completed questionnaires measuring media use, environmental concern, attitudes on government regulation, pro-environmental behavior, environmental communication, forest …
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Investigating the Cooperative Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners when Stands are Spatially Interdependent
… private forest landowners, and their use of forestland for non-timber amenities, is affected by adjacent landowner behavior. The uncertainty an individual landowner has regarding adjacent landowners' preferences, and how the production of non-timber amenities on their own stands relies on the …
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An Evaluation of the Organizational and Interpersonal Communication Strategies Used by a Major Forest Products Firm in East Tennessee
… centered around CIC's purchasing 85,000 acres of forestland and building a chipmill in east Tennessee. The coorientational variables of accuracy and agreement were measured, and the channels most likely to increase scores on these variables were identified. The results indicated that CIC failed to …
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"Buy Local" Consumer Behavior and Wood Products: A Case Study
… products may also create similar benefits for forestland both locally and globally. However, studies examining the “Buy Local” phenomenon and its potential to inform the local production of wood products are not apparent in the literature.</p> <p>This study examined consumer attitudes and …
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Classification of Plot-Level Fire-Caused Tree Mortality in a Redwood Forest Using Digital Orthophotography and Lidar
… 12, 2009, the Lockheed Fire burned 300 ha of forestland, 51% of the forested area on the property, with variable fire intensity and mortality. This study used existing inventory data from 47 permanent 0.08 ha (1/5 ac) plots to compare the accuracy of classifying mortality resulting from the …
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Small-scale and Amenity Focused Forestry: Filling a Market Niche
… for the active management of small parcels of forestland. Many traditional service providers are reluctant to service small acreage parcels due to economies of scale, shrinking profit margins for unprocessed stumpage, and changing landowner expectations. They do not understand traditional …
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A Knowledge-based approach of satellite image classification for urban wetland detection
… classes -- wetland, farmland, built-up land, and forestland -- using the pixel-based supervised maximum likelihood classification method. The products of supervised classification are used as the comparative base maps. For our new classification approach, a knowledge base is developed to improve …
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Finding God in the urban landscape : a temple for gnosis in upper Manhattan
… of Manhattan. The park contains true virgin forestland, a salt marsh, Native American cave shelters, and a clandestine and pastoral aspect unknown in the City of New York. An opportunity exists in the lack of ecclesiastical and traditional continuity in the individual relationship to god in …
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Assessing ice storm damage to hardwood forest canopies using the Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS) and Landsat TM imagery
… in January 1998 damaged 17 million acres of forestland in the Northeastern United States and Quebec Province. In July 1998 the airborne multiangle hyperspectral sensor, Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS), acquired imagery for nine ice damaged target areas in the White …
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Assessing private forest landowner decision making in Illinois: applied management solutions for diverse objectives
Private forest landowners own nearly half of U.S. forestlands, providing a number of benefits to the American public: a refuge for biological diversity, watershed values, renewable timber production, carbon storage, recreation, and enjoyment. The private forestland base also faces a number of …
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