Legacy, sometimes called intergenerational land transfer or forestland bequest, is an important subject for family forest landowners. While the literature primarily addresses legacy from an economic perspective or as a function of landowner characteristics, this research explores how past, present, and future connections to forestland shape family forest landowners’ conceptions of legacy. This research uses the Q method, a mixed qualitative/quantitative method, to explore differences between African American and White family forest landowners in Georgia, United States. It identifies four distinct typologies for landowner conceptualization of legacy: Family Forest Managers, Family Forest Investors, Family Forest Stewards, and Family Forest Skeptics. Despite historical and landowner characteristic differences, the differences between the typologies are minimal between the races. We found African American landowners are motivated by the collective struggle of African Americans to obtain and retain forestland. In contrast, White family forest landowners are motivated by personal identification with their forestland. For forest management professionals, understanding family forest landowners’ conception of legacy and motivations concerning intergenerational land transfer is valuable for planning the future of forestlands in Georgia, and by extension, across the Southern United States.

遗产，有时也称为代际土地转让或林地遗赠，是家庭林地所有者的重要课题。虽然文献主要从经济角度或作为土地所有者特征的函数来论述遗产，但本研究探讨了与林地的过去，现在和未来的联系如何塑造家庭林地所有者的遗产概念。这项研究使用Q方法（一种定性/定量混合方法）来探索美国乔治亚州的非洲裔美国人和白人家庭林地所有者之间的差异。它为土地所有者的遗产概念化确定了四种不同的类型：家庭森林经理，家庭森林投资者，家庭森林管理员和家庭森林怀疑论者。尽管历史和地主特征存在差异，种族之间的类型差异最小。我们发现非裔美国人的土地所有者受到非裔美国人为获得和保留林地的集体斗争的激励。相比之下，白人家庭森林地主的动机是对他们的林地进行个人身份识别。对于森林管理专业人士而言，了解家庭林地所有者的遗产观念和代际土地转移的动机对于规划乔治亚州乃至整个美国南部林地的未来非常重要。