Part I - General Sessions - People Pose the Problem

• Formal Opening, C. R. Gutermuth
• The Management of Human Populations, William Vogt
• Better Living Through Conservation Planning, Sanford S. Farness
• The Need for Leadership in Planning, Stewart L. Udall
• The Chance for Conservation, Ira N. Gabrielson

At the Edge of Space

• The Fading Edge of the City, Lynton K. Caldwell
• Recreation Requires a New Dimension, Conrad L. Wirth
• The Coming End of the Suburban Boom, Frederick Gutheim

Part II - Technical Sessions - Wetland and Inland Water Resources

• Waterfowl Feeding Stations for Controlling Crop Losses, Merrill C. Hammond
• A History of the Delta Decoy, Robert A. McCabe and Nan Mulder
• Experimental Use of Acetylene Exploders to Control Duck Damage, W. J. D. Stephen
• Shooting Area Management of Pin Oak, R. E. McDermott and Leon S. Minckler
• Food Availability and Preferences of Juvenile Mallards, Nicholas J. Chura
• Coot and Duck Productivity in Northern Utah, Ronald A. Ryder
• Carp Populations and the Production of Waterfowl Food Plants, Robert J. Robel

Disease, Nutrition, and Controls

• Principles of Population Control by Gametocides, David E. Davis
• Small Mammal Populations on a Radioactive Lake Bed, Paul B. Dunaway and Stephen V. Kaye
• Reptiles as Reservoir Hosts for Encephalitis, Lars Karstad
• Current Status of Brucellosis in Deer in the United States, L. D. Fay
• Leptospirosis in Wildlife and Domestic Animals, Earl A. Roth, W. V. Adams, G. E. Sanford, Betty Greer, and Patricia Mayeux
• Toxoplasmosis in Wildlife in Sweden, Karl Borg
• Handling Animals With a New Tranquilizer, Vagn Flyger
• Bird Repellents for Pine Seeds in the South, Willis C. Royall, Jr. and Johnson A. Neff

Field and Farm Resources

• Food Competition Between Game and Non-Game Birds, Verne E. Davison
• The Future Role of Shooting Preserves, Charley Dickey
• The Hunter – Who Is He?, Tony J. Peterle

Symposium: Prospects and Problems in Statewide Habitat Management

• Ring-Necked Pheasant Habitat Management, R. A. MacMullan
• Bobwhite Quail Management in Eastern United States, O. E. Frye, Jr.
• Problems Facing State Agencies in Farm-Game Habitat Management, Stanley C. Whitlock
• The Responsibility of State Agencies in Managing Hunting, Jack C. Berryman

Coastal and Marine Resources

• Serological Techniques in Fishery Research, Carl J. Sindermann
• Benthic Fauna of Georges Bank, Roland L. Wigley
• What Is Happening to Our Estuaries?, Seton H. Thompson
• Marine Preserves for Ecological Research, Carleton Ray
• International Aspects of Oil Pollution, James Callaghan
• Nature and Extent of Damage Caused by Oil Pollution at Sea, Alfred L. Hawkes
• Population Dynamics of the Alaska Fur Seal Herd, Douglas G. Chapman

Mourning Dove Symposium

• Past Status and Management of the Mourning Dove, Harold S. Peters
• Present Status and Management of the Mourning Dove in the East, Dan M. Russell
• Status of the Dove in the Central Management Unit, Howard M. Wight
• Status of the Dove in the Western Management Unit, Steve Gallizioli
• A Preliminary Evaluation of Telephone Sampling Frames, Eugene Legler, Jr., Herbert Stern, Jr., and W. Scott Overton
• The Mourning Dove Program for the Future, William H. Kiel, Jr.
• A National Mourning Dove Program

Forest and Range Resources

• Habitat of the Jackson Hole Elk and Multiple Use, Robert L. Casebeer
• Deer on the Bad River Indian Reservation, Robert S. Cook and James B. Hale
• Brown Bear Harvest and Management on the Kodiak Islands, Willard A. Troyer
• An Evaluation of Elk Validations in Colorado, Richard N. Denney
• Characteristics and Status of Florida Black Bears, Richard F. Harlow
• Checking Stations for Collecting Data on the Peccary, Lyle K. Sowls
• Wild Turkeys in Missouri, 1940–1960, John B. Lewis
• Summary and Critique of the Program, Clarence Cottam

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.