Part I - General Sessions

Public Projects and Wildlife Welfare

• Address of Welcome, Frederic C. Walcott
• Pan-American Conservation, Hoyes Lloyd and William Vogt
• Management of Canada's Wildlife Resources, Harrison F. Lewis
• Game Preservation and Regulations in French Colonies (Africa), Francois Edmond Blanc
• Where Are We and What Time Is It?, E. Sydney Stephens
• What Is Coming for Wildlife?, Ira N. Gabrielson
• Forests and Forest Wildlife in the Postwar Era, Lyle F. Watts
• Wildlife Gains Through Soil Conservation, Hugh H. Bennett

Waterfowl Forum

• Remarks by the Chairman, A. Willis Robertson
• The Problem of Increased Hunting Pressure on Waterfowl, Albert M. Day
• Problem of Commercialized Waterfowling, Nash Buckingham

Education in Wildlife Conservation

• Urgency of Conservation Education, Fairfield Osborn
• Conservation and Informed Public Opinion, Nicholas Roosevelt
• Conservation Education in the University, Robert C. Clothier
• Conservation Education in the School, F. Olin Capps
• Mutually Essential Conservation Education and Rural Education, E. Laurence Palmer
• Education and Employment in the Fish and Wildlife Field, David B. Turner
• Conservation Education and the Sportsman, Herman Forster
• Conservation Education Through the Visual Aids, Frank Dufresne
• The Radio and Conservation Education, John Kieran

Modern Demands on Wildlife

• Administrative Problems Involved in Meeting Increased Wildlife Demands, Seth Gordon
• Land Use and Modern Pressures on Wildlife, Leonard Hall
• Increased Hunting Pressure and Human Welfare, Francis W. Parker, Jr.
• Legislation and Modern Wildlife Demands, Carl D. Shoemaker

Part II - Technical Sessions

Agricultural Lands and Wildlife

• An Appraisal of Pheasant Abundance in New York State During 1945 and Some of the Factors Responsible for the Recent Decline, Robert F. Perry
• Colorado's Duck-Damage, Grain-Crop Problem, J. V. K. Wagar
• Primeness, Condition and Fur Values, David B. Cook and W. J. Hamilton, Jr.
• Upland Game Birds in Relation to California Agriculture, Ben Glading
• Vitamin A, Vital Factor in the Survival of Bob-Whites, Ralph B. Nestler
• A Forest Mammal Moves to the Farm - The Porcupine, Donald A. Spencer
• Edge Effect as It Applies to Small Mammals on Southern Michigan Farmland, J. P. Linduska

Marine Habitats and Wildlife

• Some Effects of the War on the Wildlife of Micronesia, Rollin H. Baker
• The Biological Effects of Fish, Shrimp, and Oysters of the Underwater Explosion of Heavy Charges of Dynamite, James Nelson Gowanloch and John E. McDougall
• Current Work of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Wayne D. Heydecker
• Preliminary Studies of the Shad ("Alosa Sapidissima") Catch in the Lower Connecticut River, 1944, Douglas D. Moss
• The Distribution of the Winter Flounder ("Pseudopleuronectes Americanus") and Its Bearing on Management Possibilities, Alfred Perlmutter
• Fishery Management in Maryland, R. E. Tiller
• Conservation of Whales - A World-Wide Project, H. J. Deason

Range and Forest Lands and Wildlife

• Controlled Antelope Hunts and Some Problems of Administering Public Hunting, Daniel W. Lay
• Some Ecological Aspects of the Missouri Wild Turkey Studies, Paul D. Dalke and David L. Spencer
• Ruffed Grouse Censusing in West-Central Connecticut, William John Frank
• The Present Status of Moose on Isle Royale, Shaler E. Aldous and Laurits W. Krefting
• Crude Protein Determination of Deer Food as an Applied Management Technique, Arthur S. Einarsen
• Cooperative Wildlife Management in Virginia, Cecil F. DeLaBarre
• Effects of DDT on Wildlife in a Mississippi River Bottom Woodland, Leo K. Couch

Advances in Wildlife Technique

• Cover Mapping for Forest and Wildlife Management in Connecticut, Milton C. Arnold
• The Sportsman's Questionnaire Method of Estimating the Game Kill in Indiana, Wm. B. Barnes
• Censusing a Deer Herd by Sampling Methods, F. P. Cronemiller and G. A. Fischer
• Wildlife Sampling by Soil Types, Bill T. Crawford
• The Trapping and Transplanting of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Colorado, Gilbert N. Hunter, Theodor R. Swen, and George W. Jones
• An Intensive Method of Determining Hunter Numbers and Activities, Willet N. Wandell
• Seed Stock Refuge Investigation, James S. Bishop

Fresh Waters, Marshes and Wildlife

• A Waterfowl Reconnaissance in the Grand Prairie Region of Arkansas, Arthur S. Hawkins, Frank C. Bellrose, Jr., and Robert H. Smith
• Recovery Potentials in North American Waterfowl, H. Albert Hochbaum
• The Chautauqua Lake Muskellunge: Research and Management Applied to a Sport Fishery, Cecil Heacox
• Fish Populations in Unmanaged Impoundments, Aden C. Bauman
• Advancements in Wildlife Management on Indian Lands, Laurits W. Krefting
• Implications of a Goose Concentration, William H. Elder
• Pittman-Robertson Program Accomplishments and Prospects, R. M. Rutherford
• Muskrats, Duck Production and Marsh Management, B. W. Cartwright

Wildlife in Business

• Trading in Raw Furs, Alexander T. Macleod
• Being Friends, J. L. Alphen
• Meeting the Demands of the Future Angler, John M. Holmes
• The Goose and the Golden Egg, Charles Edward Gillham
• Big Business Knocks at the Game Breeder's Door, C. L. Sibley
• What Rat Control Means to Business, James W. Johnston, Jr.
• The Camera and Conservation, Harris B. Tuttle and William H. Scott
• Fur Farming - A Profitable Wildlife Business, Frank G. Ashbrook
• Summarization of the Eleventh North American Wildlife Conference, Rodolf Bennitt

Published annually since 1915, the Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference provide a unique and informative record of the direction and momentum of professional natural resource management. Tracking current research and management emphases and the perspectives and approaches to meeting the challenges to sustaining and conserving North America's wildlife and their habitats, the Transactions is a valuable reference for all who deal with the complexities and intricacies of natural resource issues, policies and programs.