Data from a recent study of Minnesota family forest owner information sources and implications for Extension and outreach program design. Presented at the 2011 UMN Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative's Forestry and Wildlife Research Review. http://sfec.cfans.umn.edu/

1. Minnesota family forest owner information sources and land management activity Eli Sagor [email_address] SFEC Research Review February 2011

2. Policies to promote private forestry

3. Personal networks

7. 5-wave mailing following Dillman, Smyth, and Christian (2009) 1,002 usable responses Adjusted response rate of 58.6%

10. General sources Any peer Any professional Any Extension, Cons/Env, or Realtor

11. Percent of respondents who have received info, by general source group

12. Percent of respondents who have received info, by general source group

14. What are the characteristics of northern Minnesota family forest owners’ woodland info networks? Range: 0-14 Mean: 2.92 Median: 2 n =774

15. Network size and ownership size Mean: 2.66 (SE 0.102) Median: 2 n =418 Mean: 3.24 (SE 0.131) Median: 3 n =354 Larger acreage owners have larger networks ( p ≤0.005)

16. Network size and written plan status Mean: 3.82 (SE 0.184) Median: 3 n =203 Mean: 2.60 (SE 0.086) Median: 2 n =567 Owners with written plans have larger networks ( p ≤0.005)

17. Specific sources named , by group Any peer Any forester or logger Any Extension, Realtor, or Cons/Env(ERC)

18. Percent of respondents naming at least one specific source, by source group

19. Percent naming at least one specific source, by source group Larger acreage owners more likely to have a professional in their network. All differences ns except professionals.

20. Percent naming at least one specific source, by written plan status Owners with a written plan are more likely to have a professional in their network. All differences ns except professionals.

26. General info sources: Take home