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(110) Succession Planning: A New Educational Curriculum for Family Landowners
Brad Withrow-Robinson, Oregon State University Forestry Extension, McMinnville, OR, Chal Landgren, Oregon State University Forestry Extension, Beaverton OR, Clint Bentz, Boldt, Carlisle and Smith LLC, Salem, OR, Robin Klemm, Oregon State University Austin Family Business Program, Susan Watkins private woodland owner, McMinnville, OR, Michael Cloughesy, Oregon Forest Resources Institute, Portland OR, Gail Wells, Gail Wells Communication, Corvallis, OR, Steve Cox, Oregon State University, Forestry Media Center, Corvallis, OR, and Jeff Hino, Oregon State University Extension, Corvallis, OR
Session: Poster Session
Forest and farm landowners are growing older, and families across the nation will face challenges in passing their rural properties and business on to the next generation. Yet many families lack the skills needed to plan and manage for an orderly transition. Without adequate planning for family succession, many of these properties could shift into other types of ownership or use, with potentially dramatic impacts on local communities and landscapes.
Although increasingly recognized as an urgent issue, the educational effort to help families transfer management of their land to the next generation lags behind the need. There are few educational resources available to help guide forest families through the succession process and begin to communicate with and train succeeding generations.
We developed The Ties to the Land succession planning curriculum to help family forest landowners prepare to transfer stewardship to the next generation. The curriculum includes
- A DVD-based Ties to the Land Facilitated Workshop
- Supporting materials for local facilitators
- A companion Ties to the Land workbook (with another DVD)
- The Ties to the Land website
- An integrated impacts assessment
The curriculum has already been presented across the state of Oregon, has been adopted for coordinated deliver in Washington state pilot project, and materials are being used in other states as well. With funding from the American Forest Foundation, we are now developing a robust delivery mechanism to help carry this information to interested communities nationwide. The Ties to the Land Institute is a non-profit organization created to facilitate delivery of the curriculum through local partners in other regions.
Brad Withrow-Robinson
OSU Yamhill County Extension
2050 Lafayette Ave
McMinnville, OR, 97128, USA,
Phone: 503-434-8914
Fax: 503-472-3054
Brad.w-r@oregonstate.edu