Public Acceptance of Disturbance-Based Forest Management: Factors Influencing Support

Table 2

Perceived risks or concerns associated with DBM (percent).

Risk or concern	High/moderate risk or concern^a
National politics will keep changing the priorities	88
Potential for harvesting in old-growth stands	70
Trusting the agencies to make good decisions	69
Agencies will use this new language to justify excessive harvesting	61
Not enough science in decisions	56
Will lead to additional road building in forests	56
Not enough public involvement in decisions	50
Visual impacts on forests	45
The long-term nature of this strategy	43

^aResponse options range from 1 = no risk or concern to 4 = high risk or concern.