2007 Summaries of Wildlife Research Findings - Minnesota State ...

Table 3. Forest management activities and practices that wildlife managers ranked as in most need of evaluation by region
based on mean scores and frequencies during January 2008 from wildlife work areas across Minnesota, USA.
Response group Management practice Score Rank n
Forest opening management
Region 1 Maintenance 2.17 1 4
Slash clearing 2.17 1 4
Seeding 2.67 2 4
Other a
Categories within ‘other’ b
3.00 3 2
Frequency Rank n
Wildlife use 50.0 1 1
Overall benefit 50.0 1 1
Region 2 Maintenance 1.50 1 6
Seeding 2.40 2 5
Other 2.50 3 3
Slash clearing 3.42 4 5
Categories within ‘other’ Frequency Rank n
Value and necessity 66.6 1 2
Opening burns 33.3 2 1
Region 3 Maintenance 1.67 1 2
Forest stand burns
405
Seeding 2.33 2 2
Slash clearing 3.00 3 2
Other 3.00 4 1
Categories within ‘other’ Frequency Rank n
Value to deer 50.0 1 1
Region 1 Management practice Score Rank n
Other 1.30 1 4
Fire break development 2.10 2 2
Categories within ‘other’ Frequency Rank n
Vegetation response 100.0 1 4
Region 2 Other 1.15 1 9
Fire break development 2.10 2 6
Categories within ‘other’ Frequency Rank n
Vegetation response 66.6 1 6
Frequency and timing 16.6 2 1
Evaluate burn 16.6 2 1
Benefit as forestry tool 16.6 2 1
Region 3 Other 1.14 1 7