CONTENTS 



Page 



LIST OF TABLES IV 



LIST OF FIGURES V 



SUMMARY VI 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Study Objectives and Scope 1 



Past Work 1 



The Study Report 2 



References 3 



Chapter I, INVENTORY CONCEPTS AND 



PROCEDURES 5 



Land Inventory 5 



Management Strategies 8 



Costs 14 



Resource Outputs 15 



Summary 17 



References 18 



Chapter II, RESOURCE SITUATION— 1970 ___ 19 



Land Base— 1970 19 



Management Strategies — 1970 23 



Resource Outputs— 1970 23 



Summary 37 



References 37 



Chapter III, DEMANDS FOR OUTPUTS 

 OF THE FOREST-RANGE 



ENVIRONMENT 39 



Demand Concepts 39 



Outlook for Demands 40 



Economic Outlook 40 



Political-Social Outlook 42 



Demands for Outputs 42 



Livestock Grazing 42 



Grazing Targets 46 



Nongrazing Values 47 



Timber 48 



Water and Water Quality 50 



Qualitative Indexes of Demand 51 



Recreation 52 



Wildlife 53 



Quality of Air 53 



Soil Stability 53 



Soil Quality 53 



Beauty 54 



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Cultural Heritage 54 



Other Values 54 



Employment and Depressed Areas 55 



Flexibility 55 



Summary 55 



References 55 



Chapter IV, ANALYTICAL CONCEPTS AND 



PROCEDURES 59 



Analytical Concepts 59 



Analytical Tools 60 



Forest-range Environmental Production 



Analytical System (FREPAS) 61 



Requirements of FREPAS 62 



Relating Demands and Potential Outputs 62 



Use of Projected Demands 64 



Analytical Process 66 



Operational Technique 67 



Operational Assumptions 67 



Summary 69 



References 69 



Chapter V, ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE 



MIXTURES OF RESOURCE USE 71 



Data Used as Base Point 71 



Description of Selected Alternatives 71 



Now Policy and Single Strategy Applications 72 



Least-Cost Management 74 



Alternative 1 76 



Alternative 20 78 



Alternative 2 80 



Alternatives 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 80 



Alternatives 15, 16 and 17 81 



Alternative 19 82 



Quantitative Outputs 89 



Qualitative Outputs 89 



Costs, Flexibility, and Cultural Heritage _ 92 



Implications to Planning 93 



Summary 95 



Appendix A— 1970— FRES ECOSYSTEMS 97 



Appendix B— COST RATIONALE 107 



Appendix C— BASIC STATISTICS, 1970 



RESOURCE BASE 113 



Appendix D— BASIC STATISTICS, 



ALTERNATIVES 139 



Contributors 147 



