Table 4 Most frequent responses by natural resource professionals in the Southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States (2015 to 2016) when asked, “if recovery (or delisting) were achieved for the RCW population at the property where you work, how would that influence your future management approaches?” (Additional file 1: questions 22 and 23)
Interviewees (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anticipated management following recovery or delisting | Federal | State | Private | Percentage of Interviees (%) |
1. Maintain current habitat management | 20 | 5 | 1 | 81% |
2. Less intensive management | 12 | 3 | 0 | 47% |
3. Change in monitoring | 9 | 5 | 0 | 44% |
4. Focus on other priorities or species | 9 | 4 | 0 | 41% |
5. Change in funding | 11 | 1 | 0 | 38% |
6. Greater flexibility with timber harvest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 19% |