Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the East Wollega Zone and the Diga Woreda Environment Authority for releasing the Arjo Diga forest baseline survey data, as well as Mr. Ashetu Kejela, the GIS/GPS expertise, for his help during the survey. Special thanks to the responders for taking the time to complete the survey and providing the needed responses. The associate editors and reviewers’ comments and suggestions considerably improved the work.