Data from a recent study of Minnesota family forest owner information sources and implications for Extension and outreach program design. Presented at the 2011 UMN Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative's Forestry and Wildlife Research Review. http://sfec.cfans.umn.edu/
14. What are the characteristics of northern Minnesota family forest owners’ woodland info networks? Range: 0-14 Mean: 2.92 Median: 2 n =774
15. Network size and ownership size Mean: 2.66 (SE 0.102) Median: 2 n =418 Mean: 3.24 (SE 0.131) Median: 3 n =354 Larger acreage owners have larger networks ( p ≤0.005)
16. Network size and written plan status Mean: 3.82 (SE 0.184) Median: 3 n =203 Mean: 2.60 (SE 0.086) Median: 2 n =567 Owners with written plans have larger networks ( p ≤0.005)
17. Specific sources named , by group Any peer Any forester or logger Any Extension, Realtor, or Cons/Env(ERC)
19. Percent naming at least one specific source, by source group Larger acreage owners more likely to have a professional in their network. All differences ns except professionals.
20. Percent naming at least one specific source, by written plan status Owners with a written plan are more likely to have a professional in their network. All differences ns except professionals.
Major existing policies to promote family forest management: Education, Technical Assistance (plans, etc), Cost-share, and Preferential Property Tax status. Sources of all statistics: NWOS table maker. Workshops calculated as # indicating having participated in “Conference, workshop, or videoconferences” / total number owners. No known data source nationally for property tax program enrollment. All results saved as, e.g. butler.miles.2010.NWOS preferred sources info.pdf