Continued effort is needed to best quantify this direct impact. However, the assumption is valid in the forestry arena given the biological and financial potential of forest management on nonindustrial private land, the state of current landowner management intensity, the receptiveness of landowners to new technologies, and the efforts of able, well-equipped technology transfer specialists. Analyzing Extension's impact this way provides planners with information about how the current economy will react to a change in the output of a given sector. Analysis based on changes in raw material supplies is an effective way to estimate the impacts of production-oriented Extension programming on regional employment and income. It also provides perspective in determining the realistic extent of Extension programming impacts on regional economic development.
Extension programs can focus on economic development objectives.
Understanding regional economic structures is an important part of analyzing the options available to Extension planners. This understanding is fundamental to developing programs addressing unemployment, underemployment, or substandard per capita incomes. Regardless of its magnitude, impact resulting from change in timber production will be distributed as discussed in the section titled Findings. Continued effort is needed in survey design that appropriately evaluates direct impacts associated with Extension workshops to minimize potential sources of information and hypothetical bias. Inc. ISSN 1077-5315.