Menominee implementation of the Chichilnisky criterion for sustainable forest management

► The Menominee Tribe has a strong record of sustainable forest management. ► Menominee sustainability is based on valuing the timber stock for itself. ► Their ethics are consistent with the Chichilnisky intertemporal welfare criterion. ► The federal termination policy moved the Menominee from their preferred position. ► The Menominee firmly returned to their preferred path through political action.