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The purpose of this report is to provide an economic evaluation tool for screening proposed precommercial thinning of dense seedling and sapling size stands of lodgepole pine on site quality 60 forest land. The principal portion of Report Number 1 covers general economic analytical considerations. It is suggested that persons responsible for developing package proposals of timber-stand-improvement-projects review Report Number 1 (Technical Note # 309 ) prior to following the analysis of benefits and costs developed in this publication. Report No. 1 also contains the methodology for making an economic evaluation of precommercial thinning lodgepole pine on site index 40 land.