Socio-Economic Characteristics of Prospective Nonindustrial Private Timber Sellers in East Texas

Clifford A. Hickman

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-308

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Socio-Economic Characteristics of Prospective Nonindustrial Private Timber Sellers in East Texas

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Authors:

Clifford A. Hickman

Year:

1984

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-308

Source:

Res. Note SO-308. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Data provided by 317 nonindustrial private forest owners suggest that in the East Texas region, future timber sellers will tend to exhibit the following characteristics: (1) their forest holdings will be 100 or more acres in size; (2) they will have owned forest land for 10 or more years; (3) they will live in towns or cities, not on their forest properties; (4) they will be primarily interested in the income-producing potential as opposed to consumptive use of their woodlands; (5) they will be farmers and ranchers or business and professional people; (6) they will have completed at least some college; and (7) their incomes will exceed $30,000 per year.

Keywords

small woodland owners, timber marketing

Citation

Hickman, Clifford A. 1984. Socio-Economic Characteristics of Prospective Nonindustrial Private Timber Sellers in East Texas. Res. Note SO-308. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.