Minority Forest Landowners in Southeastern Alabama Academic Article

abstract

• This study investigated the characteristics of minority forest landowners and their forest resources in Macon and Bullock counties in Alabama through a landowner survey. The size of forestland held by these landowners was relatively small, with a mean of 113 ac. Most of their forests were mixed pine and hardwood stands. The top ranked management objectives of these landowners were for timber production and wildlife (hunting). About two-thirds of these landowners have thinned or harvested their forests. However, the forestland has not significantly contributed to the landowners' income. The lack of capital, labor, and knowledge of forest management and marketing impeded the landowners from generating more benefits from their forestland.

authors

• Gan, Jianbang

published proceedings

• Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

author list (cited authors)

• Gan, J., & Kolison, S. H.

complete list of authors

• Gan, J||Kolison, SH

publication date

• August 1999

published in

• Southern Journal of Applied Forestry  Journal

start page

• 175

end page

• 178

volume

• 23

issue

• 3