Part I – Opening General Session - Facing Resource Crises in the 1970's

• Formal Opening, C. R. Gutermuth
• Remarks of the Chairman, Alan Simpson
• Man's Right to a Clean Environment, Douglas L. Brooks
• The National Role of Conservation, Walter J. Hickel
• Making Better Use of Land and Water, Glenn E. Bennett
• Conservationists Must Do the Job, Ira N. Gabrielson
• Remarks of the Vice Chairman, Clifford G. McIntire

Part II – Technical Sessions - Coastal and Marine Resources

• Remarks of the Chairman, Leslie L. Glasgow
• Studies of the Whistling Swan, William J. L. Sladen and William W. Cochran
• Reef Shell or Mudshell Dredging in Coastal Bays, Gordon Gunter
• Population Studies of Seals and Sea Lions, Richard S. Peterson and Burney J. LeBoeuf
• Multiple Use of the Coastal Zone, James T. McBroom
• Federal Activities in the Coastal Zone, David A. Adams
• Pollution in the Coastal Zone, T. A. Wasler
• A Systems Approach to Refuge Management, Robert H. Giles, Jr., and Robert F. Scott

Disease, Nutrition, and Controls

• Summary of Wolf Studies in Southcentral Alaska, Robert A. Rausch
• Winter Distribution of Blackbirds as Related to Corn Damage, John W. DeGrazio, Jerome F. Besser, and Joseph L. Guarino
• Effects of Nutrition and Climate on Southern Deer, Henry L. Short, John D. Newsom, George L. McCoy, and James F. Fowler
• Effects of Quality on Food Intake of Deer, Julius G. Nagy, Thomas Hakonson, and Kirvin L. Knox

Pesticides – New Facts and Old Problems – A Panel

• New Developments in Forest Insect Problems, Arthur D. Moore
• Coho Salmon Mortality and DDT in Lake Michigan, Howard E. Johnson and Charles Pecor
• Chemical Industry Efforts in Solving Pesticide Wildlife and Environmental Problems, Eugene E. Kenaga

Field and Farm Resources

• Hunter-Landowner Relationships, James S. Durell
• Private Lands for Public Recreation, Charles H. Stoddard and Albert M. Day
• Developing Bobwhite Habitat on Farmlands, Paul D. Schumacher
• Woodland Habitat Research for Nongame Birds, Robert G. Hooper and Hewlette S. Crawford
• National Status and Management of the Greater Prairie Chicken, Donald M. Christensen
• High Nest Density and Hatching Success of Ducks on South Dakota CAP Land, Harold F. Deubbert
• Seasonal Changes in Rumen Components as Related to Forges Consumed by White-Tailed Deer, R. L. Kirkpatrick, J. P. Fontenot, and R. F. Harlow

Measuring Wildlife Values – Quantity and Quality

• Remarks of the Chairman, Bruce T. Wilkins
• Public Pressures and New Dimension of Quality – Horses and Burros, Velma B. Johnson and Michael J. Pontrelli
• Appreciation Versus Consumption Uses of Wildlife Refuges, John C. Hendee
• The Value of Diversity, Douglas H. Pimlott
• The Extrinsic Value of Diversity in Aesthetic Mensuration, Robert D. McDonell
• Economic Evaluation of Recreational Resources, Peter H. Pearse and Gary K. Bowden
• Wildlife Values – Quantity and Quality in South Africa, James H. Jenkins
• Wildlife Quality and Quantity in South Africa – A Reaction, Thane A. Riney

Wetlands and Inland Water Resources

• Factors Affecting Waterfowl Production on a Spring-Fed Salt Marsh in Utah, Donald E. McKnight and Jessop B. Low
• What is Happening to the Wetlands?, Phillip B. Aus
• North Dakota's Water Bank Proposal, Keith W. Harmon
• Crop Insurance for Waterfowl Depredation, Robert E. Farmes
• The Killing Efficiency of Soft Iron Shot, Ralph Andrews and Jerry R. Longcore
• Instincts, Laws, and Ducks, Roland C. Clement
• State Problems in the Multi-Purpose Water Act, Russell W. Stuart

Forest and Range Resources

• Home-Range and Activity Studies of Impala in Northern Kenya, Ernest D. and Juanita Ables
• Optimum Yield in Deer and Elk Populations, Jack E. Gross
• Survey of Animal Damage on Forest Plantations in Oregon and Washington, Hugh C. Black, Edward J. Dimmock II, Wendell E. Dodge, and William H. Lawrence
• The Mountain Goat of Colorado, Dale Hibbs, Fred A. Glover, and Douglas L. Gilbert

Prescribed Burning for Wildlife – A Panel

• Preliminary Remarks, Charles T. Cushwa
• The Status of Prescribed Burning for Wildlife Management in the Southeast, Charles T. Cushwa and Robert E. Martin
• Burning Seral Brush Ranges for Big-Game in Northern Idaho, Thomas A. Leege
• Prescribed Burning for Wildlife in California Brushlands, Harold H. Biswell

Part III – Closing General Session - Actions Needed for the Tasks Ahead

• Remarks of the Chairman, Elvis J. Stahr
• Population Resources and the Great Complexity, Durward L. Allen
• To Preserve the Countryside – Build New Cities, William E. Finley
• Fresh Approaches for Government Organization, Lynton K. Caldwell
• Broadening Conservation's Constituency, Mrs. Donald E. Clusen
• Reflections on the Conference Theme: Conservation in an Urbanizing Society, An Appraisal of the Program of the 34th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Joseph L. Fisher
• Closing Remarks, C. R. Gutermuth

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