Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program

U.S. Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey

Base/Rural NWOS On-line Data Access

• NWOS Dashboard (NWOS-DASH)
• 2013 NWOS Table Maker
• 2006 NWOS Table Maker

Special Products

• Forest ownership in the conterminous United States, 2017: Geospatial dataset
• Forest ownership in the conterminous United States circa 2014: Distribution of seven ownership types - geospatial dataset
• Public and private forest ownership in the conterminous United States [circa 2009]: Distribution of six ownership types - geospatial database

Publications

2018 Base/Rural NWOS Data

Summary Documentation

• Family Forest Ownerships of the United States, 2018: Results from the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey
• The National Woodland Owner Survey Database: Database Description and Users' Guide, Version 1.0
• Weighting for the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey

Other Publications

• One size does not fit all: Relationships between size of family forest holdings and landowner attitudes and behaviors
• Dynamics of Large Corporate Forestland Ownerships in the United States

Two-Page Summaries

United States Northern United States Southern United States Western United States North Central United States Northeastern United States South Central United States Southeastern United States U.S. Pacific Coast U.S. Rocky Mountains Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma - East Oklahoma - West Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Texas - East Texas - West Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

2013 Base/Rural NWOS Data

Summary Documentation

• 2011-2013 National, Regional and State Statistics for Family Forest and Woodland Ownerships with 10+ Acres
• 2011-2013 Design, Implementation, and Estimation Methods for the National Woodland Owner Survey

Other Publications

• Family Forest Ownerships of the United States, 2013: Findings from the USDA Forest Service's National Woodland Owner Survey
• How Large is Large? Identifying Large Corporate Ownerships in FIA Datasets
• Social and Biophysical Variation in Regional Timber Harvest Regimes
• Ecosystem Service Supply and Capacity on US Family Forestlands
• The Future of Family Forests in the USA: Near-term intentions to Sell or Transfer
• Proximal Association of Land Management Preferences: Evidence from Family Forest Owners
• Family Forest Owner Characteristics Shaped by Life Cycle, Cohort, and Period Effects
• Methods for Increasing Cooperation Rates for Surveys of Family Forest Owners
• The Role of Gender in Management Behaviors on Family Forest Lands in the United States

Summary for popular Audience

• Who owns America's trees, woods, and forests?, 2013

Two-Page Summaries

Supplemental Information Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin Northern United States Pacific Coast Region Rocky Mountain Region Southern United States United States

2006 Base/Rural NWOS Data

Summary Documentation

• Family Forest Owners of the United States, 2006
• Design, Implementation, and Analysis Methods for the National Woodland Owner Survey

Peer-reviewed scientific literature

• America's Family Forest Owners, 2003 (pdf 452K)
• Understanding and reaching family forest owners: Lessons from social marketing research

Summary for popular Audience

• Who owns America's trees, woods, and forests?, 2006

1993 Base/Rural NWOS Data

Summary Documentation

• Private Forest-land Owners of the United States, 1994
• Private Forest-land Owners of the Northern United States, 1994
• Private Forest-land Owners of the Western United States, 1994
• Private Forest-land Owners of the Southern United States, 1994 
  

1978 Base/Rural Data (conducted by the USDA Economic Research Service)

Summary Documentation

• Private Forest-land Owners of the United States

Please note: Comparisons across results different iterations of the National Woodland Owner Surveys need to be made cautiously. Questions asked and sampling and estimation methods have changed. The results from the 2013 iteration include reprocessed results from the 2006 to aid in comparisons.

Fact Sheets

• NWOS Overview: An overview of the objectives and methods of the National Woodland Owner Survey
• NWOS Briefing Paper: The National Woodland Owner Survey Understanding Family Forest Owners