New research by the USDA Forest Service reveals the motivations, management activities, future plans, and challenges faced by the nearly 11 million families, individuals, trusts, and estates, referred to
as family forest owners.
Not exact matches
Mr. Pinette's work in the Canadian
forest industry began 40 years ago
as an
owner and President of a
family lumber business, Pinette & Therrien Mills Ltd..
With 1 in 5 acres of
family forest land owned by people who are at least 75 years or older, and even more acres owned by people who are between 65 and 74 years of age, the question of who will own
forests and what they will do with those lands in the future is significant for
forest owners as well
as land managers and communities.
Financial objectives, such
as land investment and timber production, are dominant objectives for far fewer
family forest owners.