Jesse Caputo

Treesearch Publications

• Dexter H. Locke, Robillard Amanda, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Emma Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2026. Urban National Landowner Survey: Houston, 2019
• Jesse Caputo, Amanda Robillard, Stephanie Snyder, Marla Markowski-Lindsay. 2026. What Value is Provided by Family Forest Land to Its Owners?: Findings from the National Woodland Owner Survey in the USA
• Jesse Caputo, Samuel Daganhardt, Robert Hoehn, Katie Jennings, Alexander R. Young. 2026. Providence’s urban forest, 2021
• Emmalyn Terracciano, Kathleen McGinley, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler. 2026. National Woodland Owner Survey of the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2021
• Jesse Caputo, Zhao Ma, Stephanie Snyder. 2026. “Why don't landowners just do what they are told?”: Potential mismatches of values and objectives between family forest landowners and professionals
• Corinne Bassett, Dexter H. Locke, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Iris B. Montague, J. Morgan Grove. 2026. Urban Residential Landowner Interest in Emerging Urban Wood Product Markets: Results from a Multi-City Survey
• Susan Crocker, Sjana Schanning, Christopher W. W. Woodall, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Thomas Goff, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Rachel Riemann, Ronald J. Piva, Brian F. Walters, William Zipse. 2026. New Jersey forests 2018: summary report
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, J. Morgan Grove, Emily J. Silver, Dexter H. Locke, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti. 2025. Urban National Landowner Survey: methods and data quality, 2018
• Dexter H. Locke, Jesse Caputo, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Nancy Falxa Sonti, Morgan Grove, Brett J. Butler. 2025. Urban National Landowner Survey: Baltimore, 2018
• David W. Shanafelt, Brian Danley, Jesse Caputo, Marielle Brunette. 2025. More Forest More Problems? Understanding Family Forest Owners’ Concerns in the United States
• Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Sarah M. Butler, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Andrew J. Hartsell. 2024. Corporate forest ownerships of the United States, 2018: results from the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey
• Randall Morin, Thomas A. Albright, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Susan Crocker, Thomas Goff, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Mark D. D. Nelson, Rachel Riemann, Sjana Schanning, Brian F. Walters, Jim Westfall, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2024. West Virginia forests 2018: summary report
• Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, David Newman, Daowei Zhang, David Wear. 2024. Distribution and dynamics of private forests across the United States
• E.M. Sass, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, A.L. Robillard. 2023. Family Forest Owner Attitudes Toward Oak Forests and Management in the Central and Eastern U.S.
• Scott A. Pugh, Jagdish Poudel, Thomas A. Albright, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Susan Crocker, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald J. Piva, Rachel Riemann, Brian F. Walters, Jim Westfall, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2023. Michigan forests 2019: summary report
• Thomas A. Albright, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Susan Crocker, Thomas Goff, Cassandra Kurtz, Shawn Lehman, Tonya Lister, William Luppold, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Rachel Riemann, Brian F. Walters, Jim Westfall, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2023. Pennsylvania forests 2019: summary report
• Jesse Caputo, B. J. Butler, M. Markowski-Lindsay, P. Catanzaro. 2023. A Survival Analysis of Family Forest Owners in the USA: Estimating Life Expectancy and 5-Year Survivorship
• Emma Sass, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Emily S. S. Huff. 2023. Trends in United States Family Forest Owners’ Attitudes, Behaviors, and General Characteristics from 2006 to 2018
• Jesse Caputo, Stephanie Snyder. 2023. Does Absence Make the Heart Grow Less Fond? Spatial Proximity Partially Predicts Family Forest Landowner Engagement
• John W. Coulston, Evan B. Brooks, Brett J. Butler, Jennifer Costanza, David M. Walker, Grant M. Domke, Jesse Caputo, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Emma M. Sass, Brian F. Walters, Jinggang Guo. 2023. Forest Resources
• Thomas Goff, Thomas A. Albright, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Susan Crocker, Dale D. Gormanson, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Dacia M. Meneguzzo, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald J. Piva, Rachel Riemann, Sjana Schanning, Brian F. Walters, Jim Westfall, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2022. Delaware forests 2018: summary report
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Susan Crocker, James Garner, Bryan Hemmer, Cassandra Kurtz, Tonya Lister, Randall Morin, Mark D. D. Nelson, Ronald J. Piva, Scott A. Pugh, Rachel Riemann, Brian F. Walters, Christopher W. W. Woodall. 2022. Southern New England Forests 2017: summary report
• Emma Sass, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler. 2022. United States Family Forest Owners' Awareness of and Participation in Carbon Sequestration Programs: Initial Findings from the USDA Forest Service National Woodland Owner Survey
• Brian Danley, Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler. 2022. A Burning Concern: Family Forest Owner Wildfire Concerns Across Regions, Scales, and Owner Characteristics
• David W. Shanafelt, Jesse Caputo, Jens Abildtrup, Brett J. Butler. 2022. If A Tree Falls in A Forest, Why Do People Care? An Analysis of Private Family Forest Owners' Reasons for Owning Forest in the United States National Woodland Owner Survey
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Jesse Henderson, Scott A. Pugh, Kurt Riitters, Emma M. Sass. 2022. An assessment of the sustainability of family forests in the U.S.A.
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Jesse Henderson, Scott A. Pugh, Kurt Riitters, Emma M. Sass. 2022. Cross-Boundary Sustainability: Assessment across Forest Ownership Categories in the Conterminous USA Using the Montréal Process Criteria and Indicators Framework
• Brett J. Butler, Sarah M. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Jacqueline Dias, Amanda Robillard, Emma M. Sass. 2021. Family forest ownerships of the United States, 2018: results from the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey
• Vance Harris, Jesse Caputo, Andrew Finley, Brett J. Butler, Forrest Bowlick, Paul Catanzaro. 2021. Small-Area Estimation for the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey: Creating a Fine-Scale Land Cover and Ownership Layer to Support County-Level Population Estimates
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo. 2021. Weighting for the USDA Forest Service, National Woodland Owner Survey
• Emma Sass, Marla Markowski-Lindsay, Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Andrew Hartsell, Emily Huff, Amanda Robillard. 2021. Dynamics of Large Corporate Forestland Ownerships in the United States
• Brett J. Butler, Jesse Caputo, Amanda Robillard, Emma Sass, Chris Sutherland. 2021. One Size Does Not Fit All: Relationships between Size of Family Forest Holdings and Owner Attitudes and Behaviors
• Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Thomas Brandeis, Kurt Riitters. 2020. Changes in land use, forest ownership, parcel size, and fragmentation in forests of the U.S. South
• Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler. 2017. Ecosystem Service Supply and Capacity on U.S. Family Forestlands
• Jesse Caputo, Brett J. Butler, Andy Hartsell. 2017. How large is large? Identifying large corporate ownerships in FIA datasets

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  National Woodland Owners Survey Dashboard

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/dataandtools/national-woodland-owners-survey-dashboard

• Project
  

  Understanding Absentee Forest Landowners and their Impact on Wooded Lands

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/absenteeforestlandowners
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Assessing the Participation, Effectiveness, and Equity of Revegetation Assistance Programs for Private and Tribal Landowners in the U.S.

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-revegetation-assistance-programs-private-tribal-landowners
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Program
  

  National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/programs/nwos
• Program
  

  Northern Region Forest Inventory and Analysis

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/programs/fia
  Station

  Northern Research Station

Other Publications

• User Guide
  

  The National Woodland Owner Survey Database: Database Description and Users' Guide V1.0

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/understory/national-woodland-owner-survey-database-database-description-and-users-guide-v10

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Family Forest Landowners: Insights from the National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/products/multimedia/webinars/family-forest-landowners-insights-national-woodland-owner-survey