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Andrew J. Hartsell Research Forester – Forest Inventory & AnalysisUSDA Forest [email protected](865) 862-2032
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL FORESTLAND OWNER SURVEY
OUTLINE
• History
• Definitions
• Objectives
• Problems and Issues
• Output
• Q & A
HISTORY
• Early surveys of the nations private landowners began shortly after WWII
• Initial studies began in New England and the Lake States, then spread across the country
• The first National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) was conducted in late 70’s and was tied in to Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) field plots
• A follow up survey was performed in 1994
• The 1994 NWOS ushered in a series of continuing surveys.
• Current NWOS survey collection is based on FIA inventory cycles. A complete set of data is obtained every 5-10 years.
• The implementation of the NWOS is ongoing and continually being modified
TRADITIONAL DEFINITIONS
• The NWOS focused on non-industrial private owners, primarily family forest owners
• Non-industrial private forest owners — Families and individuals who own forest land and corporations and other private groups that own forest land, but do not own and operate a primary wood-processing facility. This group is a subset of private forest owners.
• Family forest owners — Families, individuals, trusts, estates, family partnerships, and other unincorporated groups of individuals that own forest land. This group is a subset of non-industrial private forest owners.
TRADITIONAL DEFINITIONS
• The industrial forest landowners are the target of the NWOS expansion
• Industrial forestland owners—Corporations and other private groups that own forest land and own and operate primary wood-processing facilities. This group is a subset of private forest owners.
TRADITIONAL DEFINITIONS
Butler, Brett J. 2008. Family Forest Owners of the United States, 2006. Gen. Tech. Rep.NRS-27. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, NorthernResearch Station. 72 p.
NEW DEFINITION
• To modify industrial landowners to include
• Timberland Investment Organization (TIMO)
• Public Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
• Private Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)
• Large Private Landowner
• Traditional Forest Industry
• Corporate
OBJECTIVES• Define these landowners
• Be able to identify these landowners from FIA plot lists
• Develop an understand of the relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers) for these landowners
• Create a questionnaire that these companies can fill out in an efficient manner that helps answer the issues and does not require confidential or sensitive information
• Develop a relationship with these owners
• Modify current NWOS procedures to collect and publish the data
• Publish results – using existing NWOS systems as a foundation
List of top owners & managers of timberland in the United StatesFirm/organization Type Area in U.S.
-million acres - Plum Creek Public REIT 6.800
WeyerhaeuserPublic REIT (ind. Before 2010) 5.800
Forestland Group TIMO 3.400Campbell Group TIMO 3.040Hancock Timber Resource Group TIMO 2.948Resource Management Service TIMO 2.600Forest Capital Partners TIMO 2.500Rayonier Public REIT 2.100GMO Renewable Resources TIMO 2.100Forest Investment Associates TIMO 2.000Sierra Pacific Industries REIT (industrial) 1.900Molpus Woodlands Group (Woodland Resource Management Group) TIMO 1.800Potlach Public REIT 1.600Wagner Forest Management TIMO 1.400J.D. Irving Private REIT 1.200Region Morgan Keegan (RMK) Timberland Group TIMO 1.100Seven Islands Land Management TIMO 1.000Timbervest LLC TIMO 0.825Prentiss & Carlisle TIMO 0.800MeadWestvaco Industrial 0.730
From Butler, et al. Journal of Forestry - October/November 2012
OBJECTIVES• Define these landowners
• Be able to identify these landowners from FIA plot lists
• Develop an understanding of the relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers) for these landowners
• Create a questionnaire that these companies can fill out in an efficient manner that helps answer the issues and does not require confidential or sensitive information
• Develop a relationship with these owners
• Modify current NWOS procedures to collect and compile the data
• Publish results – using existing NWOS systems as a foundation
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Identify these landowners
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Identify these landowners
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers) • Do TIMOs act differently than REITs?
• Do companies behave differently based on size (acres)?
• Are long-term timber agreements important?
• Availability and location of primary wood using plants?
• International trade?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Identify these landowners
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Identify these landowners
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns• Where does this landowner own lands?
• Local, regional or national?
• Southeast, Pacific Northwest, Lake States?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Identify these landowners
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns• Where does this landowner own lands?
• What are the economic drivers for this landowner?
• Primarily from timber sales?
• What role do hunting & recreation leases play?
• Resale of forests to non-timber uses?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns
• Where does this landowner own lands?
• What are the economic drivers for this landowner?
• What types of harvesting and silvicultural practices does this landowner perform?
• Clearcut, seedtree, or selection cutting?
• Do they replant or use natural regeneration?
• Natural seedlings &/or genetically improved stock?
• Prescribed fire?
• Use of herbicides, fertilizer and other chemicals?
• Harvest age, types of products, etc
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns• Where does this landowner own lands?
• What are the economic drivers for this landowner?
• What types of harvesting and silvicultural practices does this landowner perform?
• Does this owner perform any community outreach or extension?
• Do they work with local landowners?
• Who performs their fire suppression?
• Who harvests their timber, plants seedlings, builds roads?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns• Where does this landowner own lands?
• What are the economic drivers for this landowner?
• What types of harvesting and silvicultural practices does this landowner perform?
• Does this owner perform any community outreach or extension?
• Does this owner produce certified timber products?
• If yes, which type?
• SFI, FSC, other?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions, issues, and concerns• Where does this landowner own lands?
• What are the economic drivers for this landowner?
• What types of harvesting and silvicultural practices does this landowner perform?
• Does this owner perform any community outreach or extension?
• Does this owner produce certified timber products?
• Does these owners have any concerns?
• Federal or State taxes?
• Local road ordinances?
• Global timber markets?
• Logistics or supply issues?
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions
• Determining an appropriate scale• This pertains to both logistical and philosophical aspects of the survey.
• What is the best spatial scale to use?
• Does scale change with questions?
• Organizing survey and results based on large regions, such as traditional FIA regions will simplify the answering and processing of information, but may not yield usable results.
• County level data may be impossible to get and process
Historical FIA Survey Regions
Historical Eastern FIA Survey Units
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions
• Determining an appropriate scale
• What information these landowners can answer• What is confidential or sensitive?
• What is easily obtainable?
• Timber management operations handled at local level
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions
• Determining an appropriate scale
• Determine which information these landowners can answer
• Identifying key personnel or groups within each organization to work with
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
• Defining relationships / dynamics / motivators (drivers)
• Refining the questions
• Determining an appropriate scale
• Determine which information these landowners can answer
• Identifying key personnel or groups within each landowner organization to work with
• What are the best methods to publish results?• Which publications?
• Web pages
• Online table generators
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
Table 2. Area of timberland by ownership group, FIA region and state All Ownerships NIPF Industrial private PublicRegion and state Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE
Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thousands PercentNorth
ConnecticutDelaware
…
South
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
United State total
OUTPUT
Table 4. Area of industrial timberland by company structure, FIA region and state
TIMO Public REIT Private REIT Large Private landowner Traditional forest
industry Other corporate Other
Region and state Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE Acres SE
North
Connecticut
Delaware
…
South
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
United State total
OUTPUT
Table 10. Area of industrial timberlands by fire suppression agents
North South Intermountain PNW - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Company crewsState forestry agenciesLocal municipalitiesU.S. Forest ServiceContracted private partyNoneDon't knowOtherTotal
OUTPUT
Company (in-house)
Local consultants or forestry professionals
Regional consultants or forestry professionals
National consultants or forestry professionals
A mixture of local, regional, and national
Other
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Area of industrial forest land by land management source, United States
acres
OUTPUT
Clearcut (natural regeneration)
Clearcut (planted with natural seedlings)
Clearcut (planted with improved seedlings)
Seedtree
Shelterwood
Single-tree selection
Group selection
Other
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Area of industrial forest land by silvicultural system, United States
acres
OUTPUT
Timber sales
Hunting leases
Recreational leases (non-hunting)
Resale (land remains in timber)
Mineral and other extracted products
Resale (land going to HBU)
Taxes
Easements/right of way
Carbon exchange
Other
0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000
Area of industrial forest land by sources of income, United States
Acres
OUTPUT
Prescribed fire Herbicides Fertilizers Integrated pest management
Other0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
Area of industrial forest land by stand improvement treatments, United States
OUTPUT
Yes93%
No7%
Yes93%
No7%
Yes93%
No7%
Yes93%
No7%
Yes93%
No7%
Sustainableforest certification
Yes93%
No7%
ParticipateIn cost shareprograms
Easements
QUESTIONS
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• Andrew J. Hartsell • Research Forester – Forest Inventory & Analysis• USDA Forest Service• [email protected]• (865) 862-2032