What is the history of the National Woodland Owner Survey?
Surveys of private woodland owners began in earnest in United States following World War II. The first survey work was concentrated in New England and the Lake States, but soon spread to other parts of the U.S. Initially, universities were the primary institutions conducting these surveys, but soon federal and state agencies began implementing landowner surveys as well. The first national woodland owner survey was conducted by the USDA Forest Service in 1978 and was subsequently followed by another national survey in 1994.
