Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- Part I. The National Forests: An Overview -- Introduction -- 1. What the National Forests Are -- Some Basic Definitions -- Acreage in National Forests -- Sustained Yield as Applied to Old Growth Forests -- Site (Productivity) Classification of National Forests -- Current Growth Compared with Productive Capacity -- 2. Use of the National Forests Today and in the Past -- Use of National Forests Increased in the Past -- Prices and Unit Values of National Forest Products -- National Forests and Forest Industry Forests Compared for Wood Production -- Livestock Grazing on National Forest Land -- Outdoor Recreation in National Forests -- Wilderness in National Forests -- 3. What We Should Know, But Do Not Know Adequately, About National Forest -- 4. Potentials of the National Forests -- Wood Growing Potential -- Wilderness Potential -- Outdoor Recreation Potential -- Wildlife and Water Potential -- Part II. An Economic Perspective -- 5. Economics of National Forest Management -- The Role of Prices in Any Society and in Any Economy -- A Financial Balance Sheet for National Forests -- Regional Pattern of National Forest Expenditures -- Comparisons by Separate National Forests -- Expenditures and Income by Site Class -- Capital Use and Waste in National Forests -- Functional Pattern of Investment and Operating Expenditures -- Management and Investment Expenditures by Forest Practices -- General Level of Annual Expenditures on National Forests -- The Results of Arbitrary Prices -- Environmental Measures and National Forest Management -- Regional and Local Impacts of National Forest Management -- Financial Outlook -- 6. What Is Wrong with the National Forest Management Record? -- Who Is Responsible? -- Foresters' Attitudes