The Site Productivity Constraint 41 



The Sustained Yield Constraint 41 



The Budget Constraint 43 



Weighting 44 



PRIORITIES IN PRACTICE 45 



Accomplishments of the Multiple Use- Sustained Yield Act 46 



Weight Setting Implicit in Management Practice 47 



Research and Inventory Techniques 47 



Subjective Decisionmaking 48 



Forest Service Directives 50 



Public Involvement in Weight Setting 51 



Program Formulation 52 



Appeal From Agency Decisions 54 



Weighting in the Budget Process 55 



Congress and Priorities 56 



Politics and Policies 57 



Forest Service Budgets, 1955-1972 58 



WEIGHT SETTING IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION MODEL . . 67 



National and Local Priorities 67 



Closing the Back Door 69 



Controlling Budget Priorities 70 



The Economist and the Decision Model 71 



LITERATURE CITED 73 



APPENDIX 76 



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