Part I - General Sessions

Ownership and Use of Resources

• Formal Opening, Ira N. Gabrielson
• Introductory Remarks, The Honorable Jean Lesage
• Broad Objectives of Ownership and Use of Land, Shirley W. Allen
• Ownership and Use of Natural Resources: The National Viewpoint, George L. Peterson
• Ownership and Use of Natural Resources: The State's Point of View, De Witt Nelson
• Ownership and Use of Natural Resources from the Consumer's Viewpoint, J. W. Penfold
• The Producer's Viewpoint Concerning Ownership and Use of Natural Resources, Roy Battles

Watershed Management Goals

• Introductory Remarks, Chester S. Wilson
• What Is Watershed Conservation?, D. A. Williams
• The Place of Forest and Range in Watershed Conservation, H. G. Wilm
• The Place of Soil Conservation in Watershed Management, Kirk Fox
• The Place of Parks and Recreation in Our New Programs for Watershed Conservation, Howard Zahniser
• The Place of Stream Pollution Control in Watershed Management, J. H. Bender

Waterfowl Horizons – Unlimited?

• Introductory Remarks, William M. Apple
• Ducks Need More Than Breeding Grounds, W. Winston Mair
• What the States Can Do for Waterfowl, Robert A. Wells
• Waterfowl Potentials, John L. Farley
• Man Is the Limiting Factor, Robert M. Gaylord
• Philosophy of Waterfowl Abundance, Ludlow Griscom

Part II - Technical Sessions

Disease, Nutrition, and Controls

• Hunting as a Technique in Studying Lungworm Infestations in Bighorn Sheep, Gilbert N. Hunter and Richard E. Pillmore
• Investigation of Fox Populations and Sylvatic Rabies in the Southeast, John Eugene Wood
• Predator Control in Michigan – When, Why, and How, David A. Arnold
• Responses in Weight and Reproduction of Ring-Necked Pheasants Fed Fruits of Gray Dogwood and Multiflora Rose, Leonard E. Spiegel and Richard E. Reynolds
• The Development of New Pest Control Agents, Harry F. Dietz
• Some Field and Laboratory Aspects of Duck Sickness at Whitewater Lake, Manitoba, Eugene F. Bossenmaier, Theodore A. Olson, Myrtle E. Rueger, and William H. Marshall
• An Experiment in the Control of Waterfowl Depredations, H. Albert Hochbaum, S. T. Dillon, and J. L. Howard

Wetlands and Inland Water Resources

• Measuring Living Space for Waterfowl, C. Gordon Fredine
• Waterfowl Migration Studies and Their Application to Management in Colorado, Jack R. Grieb and Erwin L. Beeker
• Field Observations of Geese in James Bay, with Special Reference to the Blue Goose, Geo. M. Stirrett
• The Effect of Changed Angling Regulations on a Trout Population of the Au Sable River, David S. Shetter, Marvin J. Whalls, and O. M. Corbett
• Studies on the Population of Legal-Size Fish in Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw and Livingston Counties, Michigan, Gerald P. Cooper and Robert N. Schafer
• The Effects of a Late-Summer Drawdown on the Fish Population of Ridge Lake, Coles County, Illinois, George W. Bennett
• Investigations of Waters Below Storage Reservoirs in Tennessee, Donald W. Pfitzer

Upland Game Resources

• The Influence of Hunting and of Rainfall Upon Gambel's Quail Populations, Wendell G. Swank and Steve Gallizioli
• Studies of Automatic Quail Feeders in Florida, O. E. Frye, Jr.
• Influence of Calcium on the Distribution of the Pheasant in North America, Fred H. Dale
• The Utilization of Reclaimed Coal Striplands for the Production of Wildlife, Charles V. Riley
• Animal Population Fluctuations in Alaska – A History, John L. Buckley
• An Evaluation of Cottontail Rabbit Management in Pennsylvania, Glenn L. Bowers
• Wildlife Habitat Development at Reservoirs, Carl R. Eklund

Coastal and Marine Resources

• Migratory Pattern and Racial Structure of Atlantic Coast Striped Bass, Edward C. Raney, William S. Woolcott, and Albert G. Mehring
• Conserving New England Haddock, Herbert W. Graham
• California's Tuna and Yellowtail Tagging Programs, Phil M. Roedel
• Research on Anadromous Fish Passage at Dams, Gerald B. Collins
• New Jersey's Salt Water Sport Fishery Inventory, 1953, Roy R. Younger and Paul E. Hamer
• Migration and Food of the Northern Fur Seal, Ford Wilke and Karl W. Kenyon
• A Clue to the Eelgrass Mystery, Alexander C. Martin

Big-Game and Fur Resources

• Introductory Remarks, Anton de Vos
• Progress on a Marten Live-Trapping Study, Fletcher E. Newby and Vernon D. Hawley
• Beaver Management Problems on Western Public Lands, Lee E. Yeager and Ralph R. Hill
• Population Growth and Game Management, Robert F. Scott
• Facts About Canadian Musk-Oxen, J. S. Tener
• Methods for Censusing Winter-Lost Deer, W. Leslie Robinette, Dale A. Jones, Jay S. Gashwiler, and C. M. Aldous
• Changes in Northern Michigan Forests from Browsing by Deer, Samuel A. Graham
• Some Observations on Game and Game Range Trend in Southern Kenya, British East Africa, Fred W. Johnson

Conservation Education

• What Is the Administrator's Responsibility for Conservation Education?, Hayden W. Olds
• The Administrator's Responsibility in Aids to Teaching Conservation, E. Laurence Palmer
• Industrial Interests in Conservation, Kenneth E. Huddleston
• A Factual Press Results in a Conservation-Minded Public, Lytton Taylor
• Conservation Facts Needed by Women, Grace O. Beach
• Better Guides for Conservation Efforts of Sportsmen, Malcolm M. Hargraves, M.D.
• How Can We Live on an American Farm?, W. Houser Davidson
• Natural Resources – Whose Responsibility? - Appraisal of the 19th North American Wildlife Conference, A. Starker Leopold
• Acknowledgment of Appreciation, C. R. Gutermuth

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.