Table 2 Red-cockaded woodpecker management strategies mentioned most frequently in interviews with natural resource professionals from the Southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States (2015 to 2016), listed in ranked order
| Â | Interviewees (n) | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Management strategies identified by interviewees | Federal | State | Private | Percentage of Interviewees (%) |
1. Fire | ||||
 a. Prescribed fire | 23 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
 b. Managing unplanned ignitions | 3 | 10 | 0 | 41% |
2. Maintain and install artificial cavities | 20 | 6 | 1 | 84% |
3. Timber thinning | 19 | 6 | 1 | 81% |
4. Reduce midstory (non-fire methods) | 15 | 7 | 0 | 69% |
5. Convert shorter-lived pine species to longleaf pine | 12 | 3 | 1 | 50% |
6. Translocation of birds | 13 | 3 | 0 | 50% |