Family forest owners (FFOs) are the single largest owners of forested land in the United States. However, they tend to own relatively small parcels, 1-9 acres being the most commonly purchased, and own those parcels for aesthetic/wildlife reasons rather than timber production. As a result, forest management is much less common on family-owned forest parcels and is on the decline. To counteract these barriers, we need to look at alternative ways of managing family-owned forests. Two potential options are cooperative cross-boundary management and micro-silvicultural treatments (MST). Cross-boundary cooperative management is coordinated planning and management on neighboring properties to obtain agreed-upon management goals. MSTs integrate small, 5 acre or less, intensive harvests and reserve patches within a matrix of thinning to create a continuously harvestable, multi-aged stand. In this project we aim to understand what makes a cross-boundary cooperative successful as well as the impact of MST on oak regeneration and white-tailed deer.