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Smaller acreages have big impacts

If you are one of the 6 million landowners in the United States who own 1 to 10 acres, then the Backyard Woods program is for you.

Whether you want to enhance the scenery in your backyard woods, provide superb habitat for wildlife, or even use your land as an extra source of income, the Backyard Woods program can assist in bringing your vision to life. Learn how to develop a master plan, protect property from wildfire, plant properly, and much more.

Forests cover one third of the United States

Ownership is diverse with:

  • 49 percent in private ownership
  • 19 percent in national forests
  • 23 percent in other public ownership
  • and 9 percent held by forest industry

Backyard Woods owners comprise 60 percent of all U.S. private forest landowners.