OMB control number

National Woodland Owner Survey

OMB 0596-0078 · USDA/FS.

OMB 0596-0078

The NWOS helps policy analysts and resource managers better understand the composition, behavior and needs of private woodland owners in the United States.

The latest form for National Woodland Owner Survey expires 2027-05-31 and is listed under ICR 202211-0596-005.

View the official OMB control history on Reginfo.gov.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Latest forms, documents, and information collections
Document	Type
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Pre-notice Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Pre-notice Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Islands Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Islands Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Islands First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Phone call screener guide	Form and Instruction
NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Phone call screener guide	Form
NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Cognitive Interview Session	Form
NWOS Base Long Form Telephone Survey	Form
NWOS Base Long Form Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Base Long Form Telephone Survey	Form
NWOS Base Long Form First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form
National Landowner Urban Survey Face to Face Interview Guide	Form
National Landowner Survey Urban Telephone Survey	Form
National Landowner Survey Urban Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
National Landowner Survey Urban Pre-notice Letter	Form
National Landowner Survey Urban First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
Public Lands Survey Follow-up Telephone Call Guide	Form and Instruction
Public Lands Survey Cover Letter and Second Electronic Survey	Form and Instruction
Public Lands Survey Cover Letter and First Electronic Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Tribal and Public Cognitive Interview Session	Form and Instruction
NWOS Focus Groups Tribal and Public Phone Call Screener Guide	Form and Instruction
NWOS Focus Groups Tribal and Public Focus Group Session	Form and Instruction
NWOS Cognitive Interview Tribal and Public Phone call screener guide	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
NWOS Small Corporate and Other Private owners (NWOS Long) Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Small Corporate and Other Private owners (NWOS Long) Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Small Corporate and Other Private owners (NWOS Long) Reminder _Thank You Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Small Corporate and Other Private owners (NWOS Long) First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Pre-notice Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and State Intensificaitons Reminder _Thank You Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Reminder _Thank You Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Pre-notice Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Short Form and Science Modules First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Islands Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Islands Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	Form
NWOS Islands First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
NWOS Corporate Survey Telephone Follow up	Form and Instruction
NWOS Corporate Survey Cover letter and Second electronic survey	Form and Instruction
NWOS Corporate Survey Cover letter and First electronic survey	Form and Instruction
National Landowner Survey Urban Telephone Survey	Form and Instruction
National Landowner Survey Urban Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
National Landowner Survey Urban First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Form and Instruction
National Landowner Survey Urban Face to Face Interview Guide	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
0596-0078-60-day-Federal Register Notice.pdf	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NWOS 2028 Burden-cost Spreadsheet.xlsx	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NWOS Burden-cost Spreadsheet-FINAL.xlsm	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NWOS Worksheets.xlsx	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NWOS Burden-cost Spreadsheet.xlsm	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NASS Review of NWOS.docx	Supplementary Document
0596-0078 NWOS Supporting Statement B.docx	Supporting Statement B
0596-0078 NWOS Survey SptStmt A.docx	Supporting Statement A
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households	Other-National Landowner Survey Urban Reminder _Thank You Letter
Non-responses	Other-Non-response reply
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - State, Local & Tribal Government	Other-NWOS Focus Groups Tribal and Public Confirmation Letter
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Form and Instruction
National Woodland Owner Survey - Private Sector	Other-National Landowner Survey Urban Pre-notice Letter

All Historical Document Collections

Historical document collections
Reference	Filing	Received	Action
202211-0596-005	Revision of a currently approved collection	2024-02-23
202105-0596-003	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-10-21	Approved without change
201806-0596-002	Revision of a currently approved collection	2018-08-28	Approved without change
201507-0596-001	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2015-10-07	Approved without change
201003-0596-004	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2010-04-08	Approved with change
200508-0596-002	Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	2005-08-31	Approved with change
200111-0596-001	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2001-11-20	Approved without change
199408-0596-001	Revision of a currently approved collection	1994-08-29	Approved without change
199406-0596-002	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1994-06-15	Approved with change
199211-0596-003	Revision of a currently approved collection	1992-11-02	Approved without change
199004-0596-001	Revision of a currently approved collection	1990-04-09	Approved without change
198903-0596-001	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1989-03-30	Approved with change
198802-0596-005	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1988-02-01	Approved with change
198707-0596-001	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1987-07-01	Approved with change
198704-0596-001	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	1987-04-09	Approved without change
198210-0596-003	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	1982-10-27	Approved without change

OMB Details

National Woodland Owner Survey - Individuals & Households

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management

Information collection instruments
Form	Name	Electronic access	Type
Form None	National Landowner Survey Urban First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form
Form None	NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and State Intensifications Pre-notice Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Pre-notice Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and Science Modules First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Islands Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Islands Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Short Form and Science Modules Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	Fillable Fileable	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Base Long Form First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form
Form None	NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Phone call screener guide	Fillable Printable	Form
Form None	NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Cognitive Interview Session	Fillable Fileable	Form
Form None	NWOS Islands First Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Cognitive Interviews Scimods Phone call screener guide	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction
Form None	National Landowner Urban Survey Face to Face Interview Guide	Fillable Fileable	Form
Form None	National Landowner Survey Urban Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form
Form None	National Landowner Survey Urban Second Mailing Survey & Cover Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form and instruction
Form None	National Landowner Survey Urban Pre-notice Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form
Form None	NWOS Base Long Form Telephone Survey	Fillable Fileable	Form
Form None	NWOS Base Long Form Second Survey Mailing & Cover Letter	ffrc.shinyapps.io/NWOSdashboard	Form and instruction
Form None	NWOS Base Long Form Telephone Survey	Fillable Printable	Form

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