Table 1. Ecological and nonecological burn priority criteria named by focus group participants and used in the online surveys, as well as criteria that were added by survey respondents.
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Ecological: |
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Overall ecosystem health of a site |
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Whether a site contains threatened or endangered species |
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Whether a site is habitat for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) |
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Whether a site experienced frequent fire during presettlement |
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Presence of undesired exotic plants at a site |
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Nonecological: |
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Time since the last burn on a site |
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Presence of firebreaks at a site |
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Location of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) on or near a site |
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Whether a site is being managed for timber |
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Proximity of a site to other burned sites |
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Added by respondents†: |
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Soil type (1) |
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Potential for pine straw production (1) |
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†Number in parentheses indicates the number of respondents
who named the criterion.
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