Managing for ecosystem response to drought and wildfire on the Colorado Plateau

These data are responses to survey questions (see below) given to staff associated with natural resource management on the Colorado Plateau, U.S.A. The survey was intended to understand how managers perceived: 1) the degree to which managed lands have experienced drought, wildfire, and related stressors; 2) the current and future responses of ecosystems to these stressors and associated changes to natural resource condition; 3) the role of natural resource management interventions in preparing for stressors and ecosystem response; 4) limitations and barriers to management interventions. The survey consisted of quantitative questions, including a combination of close-ended (yes or no) questions, select-all-that-apply questions, ranked choice questions, and 3-point, 5-point, and 11-point Likert-scale questions. The survey also included qualitative open-ended and fill-in-the-blank questions. The survey was implemented within the Qualtrics program hosted at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. The numbered questions below (Q1, Q2, etc.) correspond to the columns in the spreadsheet, with possible answers chosen by survey participants indicated below each question. Each participant is a row in the spreadsheet. All identifying information of the participants has been removed to maintain their anonymity.