TY - JOUR
T1 - Family Forest Owners’ Perceptions of Landowner Assistance Programs in the USA
T2 - A Qualitative Exploration of Program Impacts on Behaviour
AU - Andrejczyk, Kyle
AU - Butler, Brett J.
AU - Dickinson, Brenton J.
AU - Hewes, Jaketon H.
AU - Markowski-Lindsay, Marla
AU - Kittredge, David B.
AU - Kilgore, Michael A.
AU - Snyder, Stephanie A.
AU - Catanzaro, Paul F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Steve Harrison, John Herbohn (outside the USA).
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - Using data collected from a series of focus groups, this study examines how landowner assistance programs (which may include management plans, cost-share, technical assistance and advice, and education components) affect family forest owner behaviour in the USA. Not surprisingly, most owners who participated in assistance programs had pre-existing management objectives. Participation in the management plan and cost-share components was found to facilitate the stewardship of private forests by assisting and reinforcing the behaviour of those landowners who already intend to manage their land in some pre-conceived manner. Advice and educational components appeared to do more in terms of introducing owners to new ideas. The mix of components offered as part of a landowner assistance program should consider the goals of the program and which components will be most effective in achieving those goals.
AB - Using data collected from a series of focus groups, this study examines how landowner assistance programs (which may include management plans, cost-share, technical assistance and advice, and education components) affect family forest owner behaviour in the USA. Not surprisingly, most owners who participated in assistance programs had pre-existing management objectives. Participation in the management plan and cost-share components was found to facilitate the stewardship of private forests by assisting and reinforcing the behaviour of those landowners who already intend to manage their land in some pre-conceived manner. Advice and educational components appeared to do more in terms of introducing owners to new ideas. The mix of components offered as part of a landowner assistance program should consider the goals of the program and which components will be most effective in achieving those goals.
KW - Focus groups
KW - Forest Stewardship Program
KW - Landowner assistance programs
KW - Non industrial private forest owners
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U2 - 10.1007/s11842-015-9304-z
DO - 10.1007/s11842-015-9304-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959342922
SN - 1873-7617
VL - 15
SP - 17
EP - 28
JO - Small-scale Forestry
JF - Small-scale Forestry
IS - 1
ER -
