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7 Needs for Additional Research

Identify the technical information and professional assistance needs of NIPF owners having nontimber-related interests and management objectives, for individual States.

Identify the interests, management activites and, objectives of private owner subgroups such as Native Americans, African-Americans, White Americans, Asian-Pacific American, Hispanic Americans, females, and males.

Identify the skills and educational curricula needed to produce a future generation of professional natural resource managers and leaders able to provide the special types of information and technical assistance needed by diverse landowners.

Identify the potential social and economic benefits of providing targeted information and technical assistance to meet the needs and objectives of nonindustrial private corporation owners.

Identify the nature, extent, and effectiveness of forestry-related educational and technical assistance activities of public and private agencies other than State and Federal forestry agencies.