Integrating beneficiaries into assessment of ecosystem services from managed forests at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, USA

Forest Ecosystems

Table 1 Summary of demographic and response data from a survey pertaining to perceived importance of forest ecosystem services in Grafton County, NH, USA

Variable	Value
Age, median	53 years
Percent identifying as male	50.0 %
Percent identifying solely as white	100 %
Percent with Bachelor’s or Graduate degree	72.3 %
Percent earning less than $50,000 year⁻¹	31.0 %
Percent owning forestland	44.9 %
Median area of forestland owned by those who own forestland	6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Percent deriving income from forests	12.2 %
Percent believing that forests are VERY or EXTREMELY important in improving and maintaining quality of life for themselves and their families	81.6 %
Number of responses	51
Adjusted response rate	5.9 %