II. NWOS First Cover Letter

II. NWOS First Cover Letter

United States
Department of Agriculture

Forest
Service

Dear Landowner:
We invite you to participate in the National Woodland Owner Survey
conducted by the U.S. Forest Service. Your participation will help
policy makers, land managers, and public and private service providers
better understand and address the needs and concerns of America’s
private landowners.
Whether you own one acre of trees, thousands of acres, or something in
between, we are interested in hearing from you. You were identified as
a landowner from public ownership records. We are contacting only a
few owners in each state. Because of the limited number of owners
contacted, your answers are especially important. This survey is
conducted once every 5 years to understand new topics and changes
over time. If you responded during the last cycle, we ask that you
respond again.
This is an official U.S. Forest Service survey, but your participation is
voluntary. Your answers will be confidential and will be combined
with others. The results will only be used to determine patterns and
trends. Completing the questionnaire takes, on average, 25 minutes.
If you do not currently own land, please return the questionnaire using
the postage-paid return envelope and write on the cover “No Land
Owned.”
If you would like to receive a copy of the results from this survey, write
your name and address on the back of the return envelope.
We greatly appreciate your valuable assistance. If you have any
questions please call us toll-free at 1-855-233-3372, visit our website at
www.fia.fs.fed.us/nlos, or write us at USDA Forest Service, National
Woodland Owner Survey, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst MA 01003.

Brett J. Butler, Survey Director