The National Woodland Owner Survey (NWOS) is implemented by the Family Forest Research Center, a joint venture between the U.S. Forest Service and University of Massachusetts Amherst. The NWOS is aimed at increasing our understanding of private forest owners, including:

How many private forest owners there are?
Why they own land?
What they have done with their forests in the past?
What they plan to do with their forests in the future?

The National Woodland Owner Survey Table Maker is an on-line tool you can use to generate custom data summary tables. ​