Department of Natural Resources Conservation

Professor and Extension Forester

413-545-2943
327 Holdsworth
Email: dbkdbk(at)nrc.umass.edu

Primary interests

My current research interests focus on private woodland owner attitudes towards their land and the concept of an ecosystem-based approach to management. If the paradigm is to be applicable in a forested landscape dominated by numerous small, private ownerships, it is vital to know landowner attitudes towards such an approach, understand their relevant behaviors, and use this knowledge to design appropriate programs or incentives that will be successfully adopted. I have a growing interest in landscape ecology, land protection techniques, and the use of GIS in testing landowner attitudes towards thinking about their individual properties in the bigger picture. In general, I am interested in directing my research and outreach efforts towards ensuring a forested landscape that is capable of providing the myriad of important benefits to society into the future.

See also: Family Forest Research Center:   http://www.familyforestresearchcenter.org/#

 and Harvard Forest:  http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/

Current Projects

• Timber harvesting as a form of forest disturbance in a privately-owned landscape
• Landowner attitudes towards ecosystem management
• Landowner cooperation programs
• ACORN: A CoOperative Resource Network. Use of Internet tools to inspire landowners who have not adopted traditional approaches to forestry assistance.  http://www.massacorn.net/   
• Southern New England Stumpage Price Survey:   http://masswoods.net/index.php/stumpage  
• Massachusetts Forester Licensing: http://masswoods.net/index.php/licensed

Courses Taught

• FOREST 521- Timber Harvesting
• NRC 597C: Case Studies in Conservation

Selected Recent Publications

Kittredge, D.B.. 2009. The fire in the East. Journal of Forestry April/May pp. 162-163.

 Fletcher, L., D. B. Kittredge, and T. Stevens. 2009. Forestland Owners Willingness to Sell Carbon Credits: A Pilot Study. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 26(1): 35-37.

LeVert, M.,  T. Stevens, D. Kittredge. In press. Willingness to Sell Conservation Easements:  A Case Study of  Private Forestland Owners in Southern New England. Journal of Forest Economics.

D’Amato, A. W., P. Catanzaro, D.T. Damery, D. B. Kittredge, and K. A. Ferrare. in press. Are family forest owners facing a future where forest management is not enough?  Journal of Forestry.

 Rickenbach, M.G. and D.B. Kittredge. 2009. Time and distance: Comparing motivations among forest landowners in  New England. Small-Scale Forestry 8: 95-108.

Kittredge, D.B., A. D’Amato, P.  Catanzaro, J. Fish, and B. Butler. 2008. Estimating ownerships and parcels of non-industrial private forest in Massachusetts. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 25(2): 93-98.

McDonald, R.I., M.S. Bank, J. Burk, D.B. Kittredge, G. Motzkin, and D.R. Foster. 2006. Forest harvesting and land-use conversion over two decades in Massachusetts. Forest Ecology and Management 227(2006): 31-41.

Finley, A.O., D.B. Kittredge, T.H. Stevens, C.M. Schweik, and D. Dennis. 2006. Possibilities for cross-boundary cooperation in a landscape dominated by private ownership: a case study from Massachusetts. Forest Science 52(1): 10-22.

Finley, A.O. and D.B. Kittredge. 2006. Thoreau, Muir, and Jane Doe: different types of private forest owners need different kinds of forest management. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry 23(1): 27 – 34.

Belin, D.L., D.B. Kittredge, T.H. Stevens, D.F. Dennis, C.M. Schweik, and B.J. Morzuch. 2005. Assessing NIPF Owner Attitudes Toward Forest Management. Journal of Forestry. 103(1): 28-35.

Kittredge, D.B. 2005. The cooperation of private forest owners on scales larger than their individual properties. Forest Policy and Economics 7 (2005): 671-688.

Kittredge, D.B. 2004. Extension / outreach implications for America’s Family Forest owners. Journal of Forestry 102 (7): 15-18.