Hoover, William Leichliter

Dr. William L. (Bill) Hoover is a Professor of Quantitative Resource Assessment and Analysis in Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. He also serves as Assistant Department Head.
 

Mailing Address:

        Department of Forestry and Natural Resources

        195 Marsteller Street

        West Lafayette, IN 47907-2033
 

Office: Forestry Building (FORS) 108
Phone: (765) 494-3580
Fax: (765) 496-2422

Cell: (765) 404-7432
email: whoover@purdue.edu

Education

Membership in Professional and Related Associations:

• Society of American Foresters, Fellow
• Forest Products Society
• Society for Range Management
• Walnut Council, Past President
• Indiana Forest and Woodland Owners Association
• Indiana Planning Association

Research (20%):

    Current Research Interests

• Environmental and natural resource economics
• Economics of property rights and other institutional structures for economic development and environmental protection
• Land use planning and retention of agriculture, forest and open space
• Marketing and utilization of wood-based products
• Tax law and policy for natural resources

    Publications

Hoover, W.L. and M. Koontz. 2009. Timber Tax Management for Family Forest Owners. Timber Tax, LLC, 1050 W. Bacall St., Meridian, ID 83646 277 pp.

Hembram, D and W.L. Hoover. 2008. A note on “”Non-timber forest products in the Daniel Boone National Forest region: economic significance, access mechanism, and potential for sustainability. In Managing Non-Timber Forest Products: Global Perspective. Ed. Azmal Hussain. The Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India.

Hembram, D and W.L. Hoover. 2008. Non-timber forest products in the Daniel Boone National Forest: economic significance, access mechanism, and potential for sustainability. In: Proceedings 16th Central Hardwood Forest Conference. Ed. D.F. Jacobs and C.H. Michler. West Lafayette, IN, April 8-9, 2008, p. 148-156.

Schaaf, Kenli A., Shorna R. Broussard, and William L. Hoover. 2004. Private lands in the midwest: exploring landowner views on collaboration, community and social capital. IN: Human Dimensions of Family, Farm and Community Forestry, IUFRO Research Group 3.08, International Symposium, March 29-April 1, 2004, Pullman, WA, p. 147- 153.

Hoover, W.L. Knowing the rules pays off at tax time. 2002. J. of Forestry 100(1):5

Gillespie, A.R., S. Jose, D.B. Mengel, W.L. Hoover, P.E. Pope, J.R. Seifert, D.J. Biehle, T.
Stall, and T.J. Benjamin. 2000.  Defining competition vectors in a temperate alleycropping
system in the midwestern USA: I.  Production Physiology.  Agroforestry Systems 48:25-40.

Benjamin, T.J., W.L. Hoover, J.R. Seifert, and A.R. Gillespie.  2000.  Defining competition
vectors in a temperate alleycropping system in the midwestern USA: IV.  The economic
return of ecological knowledge.  Agroforestry Systems 48:79-93.

Jose, S., T. Benjamin, T. Stall, A.R. Gillespie, W.L. Hoover, D.B. Mengel, J.R. Seifert,
and D.J. Biehle.   1996.  The biology and economics of a black walnut-corn alleycropping
system. Proceedings of the Fifth Black Walnut Council Symposium, July 27-31, Springfield,
MO. USDA For. Serv. NCFES General Technical Report NC-191.

Teaching (20%):

    Courses Taught

• FNR 330, Natural Resource Practicum, Summer Semester, Essay on Sand County Almanac required of all majors, 5th week, Economic and Social Aspects of Forests for Forestry Majors
• FNR 402, Forest Watershed Management, 1 cr., Fall Semester, weeks 1 to 5
• FNR 407, Forest Economics,3 cr., Fall Semester
• FNR 411, Range Management, 1 cr., Fall Semester
• FNR 508, Economics of Property Rights, 3 cr., Spring Semester, odd years, with Prof. Loehman, Ag. Econ..
• CATIE - Property Rights in Latin America: Historical Overview and Current Developments

Extension Activities (60%):

• Collaborative Forest Management Group
• National expert in tax treatment of timber
• Conducts annual survey of forest products prices in Indiana
• Serves as co-chair and member of Purdue Land Use Team
• Publications:
•        Author of Timber Tax Management for Tree Farmers
•        Director of National Timber Tax Website
•        Writes tax column for Tree Farmer Magazine
•        Coauthor of Forest Owner's Guide to the Federal Income Tax, USDA Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 708. Note: The 2000 edition of this publication is now being edited.

 

Volunteer Activities:

• Instutitional Representative, Troop 335, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Chair, Property Committee, and Forester,  Franklin L. Cary Camp, Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America, State Road 26 East, Lafayette, IN
• President, Board of Trustee, Family Promise of Greater Lafayette, Inc, Lafayette, Indiana
• St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, AV Team, Chair Community Ministries Team, Chair Environmental Discussion Group, AED Coordinator.