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Natural Resource Enterprises: Enhancing Conservation and Income on Private Lands in Mississippi
Private Lands Partner Day
September 25, 2014
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Recreational Access
Recreation on Private LandsHuntingFishingWildlife watchingHorse trail ridingAgritainmentBed & breakfast
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Outdoor Recreation in USA
Participants - 90 millionExpenditures – $145 billion (US) spentHunting - $34 billionFishing - $42 billionWildlife watching - $55 billion
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Outdoor Recreation in AR-LA-MS
Fishing1.9 million anglers$1.7 billion spent
Hunting1.0 million hunters$1.8 billion spent
Wildlife Watching2.2 million participants$1.1 billion
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Outdoor Recreation in Mississippi
Total economic impact
$2.85 billion
71,435 jobs created
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NRE Program at MSU
Information deliveryWell-informed clienteleIncome diversification
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NRE Program
Partner networkOutreach programming
Landowner workshopsDemonstrationsWebsitesMarketing
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National and LMAV Focus
Partnering statesIndiana• 8 workshops conducted
South Carolina• 3 workshops
Minnesota• 2 workshops conducted
Conducted workshops
Program Interest
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Programming
Partnering statesArkansas• 9 workshops conducted
Alabama• 6 workshops conducted
Tennessee• 1 workshop conducted
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Programming
Partnering statesLouisiana• 8 workshops conducted• 2 coastal venues
– Braithwaite– Lake Charles
OregonMichiganMississippi• 50 workshops conducted
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Landowner Workshop Series
Hosted on landowner propertyInvolve community leadersPresentations from professionals and landownersHow to information
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Advanced Curriculum Workshops
Business planning and legal considerationsGroup activityDesign a prospective enterprisePresent business plan to audienceWildlife conservation
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Landowner Workshops
Conducted over 75 events
Over 4,000 participantsLandownership in 16 states
Events in 10states & Sweden
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Workshop Survey Results
Rating – 3.8 on 4 point scaleParticipants (99%) met management goalsParticipants (75%) will change land use practices
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Workshop Survey Results
Average individual ownership = 850 acres
Forested – 43%Agriculture – 22%Fallow – 26%Wetlands – 9%
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Workshop Survey Results
Expected annual earnings
$28,415 per landowner$17 per acre revenues$12 million – aggregate cash flow
Improved 2 million acres in conservation
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NRE Landowner Survey Study
QuestionnaireSections• Landownership• Cost-share programs• Revenues collected• NRE’s initiated• Informational needs• Demographics
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20 workshops pooled in AR, LA, & MSResponse rate 45%
n=514Information searching
WebsiteWildlife managementBusiness resourcesUpcoming events
NRE Landowner Survey Study
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Video training (72% interested)Binder was favored (65%)
Wildlife mgt. (82%)Timber mgt. (80%)Legal issues (76%)Wildlife foods (74%)Agritourism (63%)Fee hunting (62%)Business planning (62%)
NRE Landowner Survey Study
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Landownership Trends
Event attendees (landowners - 91%)Land use
Agriculture (78%)Forestry (63%)Personal recreation (61%)Fee access (22%)Vegetable production (18%)
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Landownership Trends
Average 637 acres110 counties & parishes; n=290
Agriculture – 253 acres• n=211
Forest – 411 acres• N=273
Other – 146 acres• n=169
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Landownership Trends
Agriculture (average ownerships)Row crops – 194 acresPasture – 64 acresAquaculture ponds – 12 acres
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Landownership TrendsForest (average ownerships)
Planted pine – 189 acres• 20% - 30 yrs. old
Natural pine – 60 acres• 35% - 30 yrs. old
Upland HW – 124 acres• 73% - 30 yrs. old
Bottomland HW – 206 acres• 80% - 30 yrs. old
Pine-HW – 99 acres Cutover – 43 acres• 60% - 30 yrs. old
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Landownership Trends
Other lands (average ownerships)
Wetlands & flooded fields – 32 acresFood plots, roads, & rights of way – 20 acresPonds – 10 acres
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Conservation Practices
Conservation implemented (n=118) on 10,239 acres (155 acres/farm)
Mowing – 56%Wildlife plantings – 50%Herbicide – 43%Disking – 34%Prescribed fire – 30%Timber mgt. – 29%
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Conservation Practices
Information requested (n=294)Wildlife plantings (47%)Herbicide (39%)Pond management (36%)Forest thinning (32%)Prescribed burning (29%)
51% requested help
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Cost-share Assistance
48% participated; $5,000 paymentCRP – n=97• 203 acres on average
WRP – n=29• 140 acres on average
WHIP – n=52• 46 acres on average
EQIP – n=49 CSP – n=30• 37 acres on average 107 acres
average
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Revenues Collected
109 landowners initiated NRE’sFee hunting (n=40)Hunting leases (n=46)Fishing (n=30)
Featured speciesDeer (n=101)Turkey (n=62)Squirrel (n=27)Waterfowl (n=24)Mourning dove (n=21)Rabbit (n=21)
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Revenues Collected
NRE revenuesAveraged $12,734 per landowner
$1.4 million from sample$9 million cash flow in total
On 604 acres per farmOn 65,882 total acres
Farm revenues - $21/acre69% reported that revenuesmet expectations
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Revenues Collected
MotivationsIncome potential (96%)Land management and conservation (82%)Recreational potential (81%)Improve wildlife and fish on property (81%)Hobby and enjoyment (80%)
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Business Planning
Most did not have business plan or marketing plan
> 90%Primary clientele
Adult huntersFamiliesOut-of-town guests
Word of mouthAverage customer base
171 annually
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Informational Needs
Increasing wildlife on land (#1)Concerned about liability (#2)
InsuranceScreen clients
Topics – wildlife and fish, legal issues, forestry, conservation practices, fee hunting and fishingInterested in advanced NRE training (80%)
Workshops preferred
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63% male; 36% women56-75 years old (56%)91% CaucasianWide income range67% college graduate52% lived on land; 48% did not
88 miles on average away
Demographics
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Future Directions
Introductory and advanced workshops
Video & online modules
High demandContinue to survey participantsMonitor impacts
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Value-added Benefits
Enhance income
Conservation
Enhance wildlife
Control access
Promote land stewardship
and retention
to landowners …
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W. Daryl Jones, Ph.D.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
Mississippi State University
662/325-5769
www.naturalresources.msstate.edu