Knowledge of three regeneration programs and application behavior among Mississippi nonindustrial private forest landowners: A two-step sample selection approach

Abstract

Various public financial assistance programs are available to nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in the United States. Many landowners have limited knowledge of these programs and have not utilized them. This study employed a two-step sample selection model to examine the determinants of NIPF landowner knowledge of three regeneration programs, and conditional on their knowledge, the determinants of the application frequency to these programs since 1996. Data were collected using a phone survey of NIPF landowners in Mississippi. The survey revealed that among these qualified landowners who had clearcut in the past 10 years, about 50% knew of one or more of the programs. Their application frequencies to individual programs ranged from 0 to 5. Landowner knowledge of the programs was positively related to land size, regeneration experience, gender, and membership in forestry associations. For landowners who knew of these programs, application frequencies were higher for those that had less acreage, had lower education or income, were fully employed, were female, or had no membership in forestry organizations.

Segmenting Landowners of Shandong, China Based on Their Attitudes towards Forest Certification

“…Likely landowners were more familiar with certification programs than unlikely landowner groups, suggesting that landowners' familiarity with forest certification was positively correlated with rate of participation. This result was in line with Bell et al [43], Mercker and Hodges [47], and Sun et al [48], who reported that landowner knowledge on forest certification can positively impact their motivation/willingness to participate.…”

Factors influencing nonindustrial private forest landowners' policy preference for promoting bioenergy

“…Though, the majority of the landowners preferred all nine policy alternatives, relatively more preferred tax incentives over direct subsidy support such as cost-share programs. This result is consistent with the findings of earlier studies by Sun et al (2009) and Megalos and Cubbage (2000). A possible reason for it could be that landowners find cost-share programs relatively more challenging and expensive to carry out compared to tax incentive measures as indicated by Sun et al (2009).…”

“…This result is consistent with the findings of earlier studies by Sun et al (2009) and Megalos and Cubbage (2000). A possible reason for it could be that landowners find cost-share programs relatively more challenging and expensive to carry out compared to tax incentive measures as indicated by Sun et al (2009). However, landowners' ideology could also have played a role in their higher preference for tax incentive measures.…”

“…Thus, indicating the preference of relatively low income landowners for tax incentives for the production and sales of biomass. This result is consistent with the findings of Sun et al (2009). Tax incentives provide low income landowners an opportunity to carry out forest management practices, which might otherwise be difficult for them to undertake in the absence of financial incentives due to budget constraint.…”

Socioeconomic Predictors of Family Forest Owner Awareness and Use of U.S. Federal Income Tax Provisions

“…Then conditional on landowner awareness, a model was developed to determine which factors affected their use of the provisions. T-SSS analyses have been widely used in the literature to analyze cost-share programs, hunting lease markets, and other forestry-related issues [51][52][53][54][55]. Our T-SSS model examined the determinants of landowner awareness and use of tax provisions.…”