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Excerpt from Economic Value of Big Game Hunting in Southeast Alaska Because of the multiple resources held in public trust, federal legislation has obligated the usda Forest Serv ice (fs) to determine the ability of national forest lands to supply goods and services in response to society's demands. This mandate comes in the form of several key acts. The more noteworthy federal legislation address ing economics and wildlife include: the Multiple - Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960, The National Environ mental Policy Act of 1969, the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the Sikes Act of 1974, and the National Forest Management Act Of 1976. The F S is required to consider both market and non market goods in price determination. They are also required to use price-quantity relationships in develop ing their supply and demand curves. This economic information is then utilized during the planning process. Although the State of Alaska operates under no such mandate, the state's interest is also served by involve ment in the valuation process. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.