Table 2. Summary of used variables from the forest owner survey.

Variable	Values	N	Raw %	Valid %	Cumulative %
Gender	0: Male	307	67.47	74.15	74.15
	1: Female	107	23.52	25.85	100.00
	Missings	41	9.01
Level of education
	0: HS or less	69	15.16	16.59	16.59
	1: Tech/some college	95	20.88	22.84	39.42
	2: College grad	140	30.77	33.65	73.08
	3: Post-grad	112	24.62	26.92	100.00
	Missings	39	8.57
Political party
	0: Democrat	81	17.80	21.20	21.20
	1: Independent	107	23.52	28.01	49.21
	2: Republican	194	42.64	50.79	100.00
	Missings	73	16.04
Ownership attained after 2000
	0: Attained before 2001	279	61.32	71.72	71.72
	1: Attained after 2000	110	24.18	28.28	100.00
	Missings	66	14.51
Wallowa county resident
	0: Non-Wallowa resident	389	85.49	85.49	85.49
	1: Wallowa resident	66	14.51	14.51	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
What experience have you had with wildfire?
	0: No wildfire	240	52.75	56.47	56.47
	1: Wildfire on own or neighbor's land	185	40.66	43.53	100.00
	Missings	30	6.59
Do you or any close family members work professionally in the forest management or timber products industry?
	0: No industry association	311	68.35	76.79	76.79
	1: Industry association	94	20.66	23.21	100.00
	Missings	50	10.99
How much do you agree: Conserving natural resources means restricting their use and limiting access to them
	0: Neither/mostly/strongly agree	113	24.84	27.83	27.83
	1: Strongly/mostly disagree	293	64.40	72.17	100.00
	Missings	49	10.77
Understanding: forest health and management
	0: DK/NA
	1: Little
	2: Moderate
	3: Great deal
	Missings
Stand tending educational need (stand_ed)
	0: Unmarked	162	35.60	35.60	35.60
	1: High need	39	8.57	8.57	44.18
	2: Medium need	93	20.44	20.44	64.62
	3: Low need	161	35.38	35.38	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
Forest pest/disease educational need (pest_ed)
	0: Unmarked	199	43.74	43.74	43.74
	1: High need	73	16.04	16.04	59.78
	2: Medium need	93	20.44	20.44	80.22
	3: Low need	90	19.78	19.78	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
Pre-commercial thin educational need (thin_ed)
	0: Unmarked	238	52.31	52.31	52.31
	1: High need	27	5.93	5.93	58.24
	2: Medium need	61	13.41	13.41	71.65
	3: Low need	129	28.35	28.35	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
Timber harvest and sale educational need (sale_ed)
	0: Unmarked	233	51.21	51.21	51.21
	1: High need	36	7.91	7.91	59.12
	2: Medium need	52	11.43	11.43	70.55
	3: Low need	134	29.45	29.45	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
How high do you consider the risk of a dangerous fire on neighboring public land
	0: Low/Don't Know	132	29.01	29.01	29.01
	1: Medium	112	24.62	24.62	53.63
	2: High	211	46.37	46.37	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
How often have you participated in OSU Forest Extension activities?
	0: Never/Other	190	41.76	46.45	46.45
	1: 1/10 years	90	19.78	22.00	68.46
	2: 1/5 years	67	14.73	16.38	84.84
	3: 1/year	62	13.63	15.16	100.00
	Missings	46	10.11
Full-time permanent residence in Wallowa, Union or Baker county
	0: Non-resident	183	40.22	40.22	40.22
	1: WUB resident	272	59.78	59.78	100.00
	Missings	0	0.00
How much do you agree: As a whole, public lands are managed well, thereby improving or maintaining forest conditions
	0: Neither/mostly/strongly agree	166	36.48	40.89	40.89
	1: Strongly/mostly disagree	240	52.75	59.11	100.00
	Missings	49	10.77
Age
	Min.	28.0
	Max.	92.0
	Median	66.0
	Mean	65.5
	Missings	46