Hoover, William Leichliter

Dr. William L. Hoover is a Professor of Social Sciences in Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University.

Nickname: Bill Hoover

Author of Timber Tax Management for Family Forest Owners.W.L. Hoover and M. Koontz, Timber Tax, LLC, 1050 W. Bacall St., Meridian, ID 83646 315 pp. . 2011. Available at http://www.timbertaxadvice.com

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
• Walnut Council, Past President
• Indiana Forest and Woodland Owners Association

Research (20%):

      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:

Greene, J.L., W.C. Siegel, W.L. Hoover and M. Koontz. 2013. Forest landowners’ guide to the federal income tax. U.S. Dept. Agri., Forest Service, Agricultural Handbook No. 731, 164 pp.

Hoover, W.L. and M. Koontz. 2011. Timber Tax Management for Family Forest Owners. Timber Tax, LLC, 1050 W. Bacall St., Meridian, ID 83646 315 pp.

Available at http://www.timbertaxadvice.org

Morrissey, R.C., M.R. Saunders, and W.L. Hoover. 2011. Financial and wildlife benefits from crop tree release in polesized Central Hardwood oak stands. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 28(1):5-12.

Hoover, W.L. 2011. Big Changes in Federal Income and Estate Tax. Forestry Source. 16(3): 1 and 5.

Hoover, W. L. 2010. Moving Beyond Tradition, J. of Forestry 108(2):100-102. Response to How do Taxes Affect America's Private Forestland Owners?, A. R. Kimbell, C. Hickman, and H. Brown, J. of Forestry, 108(2): 93-97.

Hoover, W.L. and M. Koontz. 2010. Timber Tax Management for Family Forest Owners. Timber Tax, LLC, 1050 W. Bacall St., Meridian, ID 83646 340 pp.

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 Currently Taught:

• FNR 372, 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 407, Forest Economics,3 cr., Fall Semester

Extension Activities (60%):

• 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 Family Forest Owners Click title to place an order.
•        Tax column for Tree Farmer Magazine 1983 to 2009
•        Coauthor of Forest Owner's Guide to the Federal Income Tax, USDA Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 708. Note: The new edition of this publication is now being reviewed by the IRS. 

Volunteer Activities:

• Instutitional Representative, Troop 335, St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Executive Committee, Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of American, Member
• Property Committee, and Forester,  Franklin L. Cary Camp, Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America, State Road 26 East, Lafayette, IN
• Past President and Founding Board Member, Family Promise of Greater Lafayette, Inc, Lafayette, Indiana
• St. Andrew United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, AV Team, Chair Community Ministries Team, Board of Trustees, http://andrew-umc.org/site/

Military Service:

         US Army, 39th Engineer Battalion, Co. B, LZ Dottie, RVN and Batallion S3, January 1968 to December 1968

         US Army, Basic Training Company Commander, Ft. Lewis, WA, March 1967 to December 1967