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Forestry Cooperatives For Diverse Management Goals: An Assessment Of Interest Levels Among Maine's Nonindustrial Private Forest Owners Enrolled In The Tree Growth Tax Program, Brian Jonathan Schneider

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Owners of small, non-industrial woodland parcels in the United States maintain heterogeneous management goals for their individual parcels. Research has shown that timber harvesting is becoming less of a priority for this landowner group. In addition, average parcel size for these ownerships has decreased noticeably over the past 20 years. Parcelization, forest fragmentation and the presence of varied landowner goals complicate the matter of conducting ecologically sound, financially feasible forest management. The purpose of this study was to present thee forestry cooperative models to small, non-industrial woodland owners in Maine and to ascertain interest levels. Cooperative models were based on …