Assessing family forestland certification opportunities: A Minnesota case study

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-33

  Kilgore, Michael A ^a   Leahy, Jessica E ^b   Hibbard, Calder M ^c   Donnay, Jacob S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Minnesota Forest Resources Council   (United States)

^d Pinchot Institute for Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Family forests; Forest certification; Nonindustrial private forestland; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVEYING;

FAMILY FORESTS; FOREST CETIFICATION; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLAND;

FORESTRY;

CERTIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LANDOWNER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CERTIFICATION; FORESTRY; SURVEYS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847418018     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Baughman, M. 1988. Natural resource characteristics preferred by woodland buyers in northern Minnesota. North. J. Appl. For. 5(1): 69-70.
2. Butler, B.J., and E. Leatherberry. 2005. National woodland owner survey: 2004 preliminary results. USDA For. Serv. Available online at www.fs.fed.us/woodlandowners/; last accessed May 2006.
3. Cervantes, J.C. 2003. Characteristics of Minnesota's nonindustrial private forest landowners. Unpublished PhD dissertation, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. 128 p.
4. Cubbage, F., S. Moore, J. Cox, L. Jervis, J. Edeburn, D. Richter, W. Boyette, M. Thompson, and M. Chesnutt. 2003. Forest certification on state and university lands in North Carolina: A comparison. J. For. 101(8):26-31.
5. Dillman, D.E. 2000. Mail and internet surveys: The tailored design method, 2nd Ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York. 464 p.
6. Finnish Forest Certification Council. 2005. Finnish Forest Certification System. Unpublished material supplied by Auvo Kaivola, Secretary General, FFCC. Helsinki. 35 p.
7. Finnish Forest Research Institute. 2003. Forest Finland: In brief. Forest Statistics Information Service, Helsinki, Finland. 47 p.
8. Hibbard, C.M., M.A. Kilgore, and P.V. Ellefson. 2003. Property taxation of private forests in the United States. J. For. 101(3):44-49.
9. Hines, J., H. Hungerford, and A. Tomera. 1987. Analysis and synthesis of research on responsible pro-environmental behavior: A meta-analysis. J. Environ. Educ. 18(2):1-8.
10. Jacobson, M.G., R.C. Abt, and D.R. Carter. 2000. Attitudes toward joint forest planning among private landowners. J. Sus. For. 11(3): 95-112.
11. Kilgore, M.A., J. Leahy, C. Hibbard, J. Donnay, K. Flitsch, D. Anderson, J. Thompson, P. Ellefson, and A. Ek. 2005. Developing a certification framework for Minnesota's family forests. Department Staff Paper Ser. 183, Department of Forest Resources, College of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. 119 p.
12. Kollmuss, A., and J. Agyeman. 2002. Mind the gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? Environ. Educ. Res. 8(3):239-260.
13. Lexis-Nexis. 2006. News contents search. Available online at www.web.lexis-nexis.com; last accessed May 2006.
14. Miles, P.D., C. Chen, and E. Leatherberry. 1995. Minnesota forest statistics, 1990, revised. USDA For. Serv. North Central For. Exp. Stn., St. Paul, MN, Res. Bull, NC-158. 138 p.
15. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). 2005. Minnesota's forest resources. Division of Forestry, Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN. 68 p.
16. Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP). 2006. About the Minnesota Logger Education Program. Available online at www.mlep.org/about.htm; last accessed February 2006.
17. Newson, D., B. Cashore, G. Auld, and J. Granskog. 2003. Forest certification in the heart of Dixie: A survey of Alabama landowners. P. 291-300 in Forest policy for private forestry: Global and regional challenges, Teeter, L., et al. (eds.). CABI Publishing, New York.
18. Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).Schemes. 2004. Basis for certification schemes and their implementation. Annex 3, PEFC Council, Luxembourg. 9 p.
19. Rathke, D. 1993. An evaluation of Minnesota's timberland property tax laws. Unpublished MS thesis, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. 304 p.
20. Rickenbach, M.G. 2002. Forest certification of small ownerships: Some practical challenges. J. For. 100(6):43-47.
21. Sample, V.A., W. Price, and C.M. Mater. 2003. Certification on public and university lands: Evaluations of SFC and SFI by the forest managers. J. For. 101(8):21-25.
22. Smith, B.W., J.S. Vissage, D.R. Darr, and R.M. Sheffield. 2001. Forest resources of the United States, 1997. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-219. 190 p.
23. Sia, A., H. Hungerford, and A. Tomera. 1986. Selected predictors of responsible environmental behavior: An analysis. J. Environ. Educ. 17(2):31-40.
24. Vlosky, R.P., and J.E. Granskog. 2003. Certification: A comparison of perceptions of corporate and non-industrial private forestland owners in Louisiana. P. 283-289 in Forest policy for private forestry: Global and regional challenges, Teeter, L., et al. (eds.). CABI Publishing, New York.
25. Vogt, K.A., B.C. Larson, J.C. Gordon, D.J. Vogt, and A. Fanzeres. 2000. Forest certification: Roots, issues, challenges, and benefits. CRC Press, New York. 374 p.
26. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR). 2006. MEL - American Tree Farm Certified Group. Available online at www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/ land/forestry/certification/mfl.html; last accessed February 2006.