General Technical Report

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Excerpt from General Technical Report: Psw-74 to Psw-90This study is concerned primarily with the efficiency total benefits less total costs - of resource decisions. This orientation is in response to the objective voiced by R. Max Peterson, Chief of the Forest Service, of increasing the productivity of Forest Service programs. Beyond the Chiefs current concern, direction to consider program costs and associated benefits is found in various legislation such as the rpa and the National Forest Management Act (nema). Section of the Forest Service Manual states that The objective of program development and budgeting is to ensure effective allocation of funds, targets and employment ceilings. What does effective allocation mean in this context? Coupled with the Chiefs concern and associated direction, it clearly means that the allocations should maximize net benefits, subject to other considerations. But, efficiency is only one of several valid criteria that should play a role in annual program formula tion. The other considerations that help shape, in varying degrees, program allocations respond to factors both internal and external to the Forest Service. They include: Program balance - Within a program area, there exists a traditional concern over the equity of the geographicaldisbursement of funds. It is generally held within the agency that each field unit deserves some minimum fund ing level. The distribution of program benefits among forest users and recipients is considered, also.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.