Public Acceptance of Disturbance-Based Forest Management: Factors Influencing Support
Table 1
Knowledge of DBM-related terms and ecosystem processes (percent).
Term
Know term
Heard term, do not know meaning
Never heard term
Fire return interval
59
27
14
Disturbance-based management
41
31
29
Range of historic variability
40
30
31
Disturbance regime
32
30
38
Ecosystem process statement
Correct
Incorrect
Not sure
Disturbance events (fires, flood, wind) have played a significant role in shaping natural forests in the local watershed for thousands of years (true)
98
1
1
Plant and animal species depend on disturbance events for survival (true)
80
6
14
Natural disturbance-based forest management involves using harvesting techniques and prescribed fire to emulate past events like floods, wildfires, windstorms, and landslides (true)
