Part I - Opening General Session - Actions Needed to Benefit Resources and People

• Formal Opening, Daniel A. Poole
• Remarks of the Chairman, Sydney Howe
• Science and Society in the Age of Environment, Maurice F. Strong
• National Environmental Policy Act: Status and Accomplishments, Lynton K. Caldwell and Arthur F. Bentley
• National Land-Use Policy: Status and Needs, Russell E. Train
• Impact of Population Growth on Resources and the Environment, Hugh Downs

Part II - Technical Sessions - Rare and Endangered Species: Status and Needs

• Remarks of the Chairman, Raymond F. Dasmann
• Ecology and Endangered Species, Harry A. Goodwin
• Dwindling and Endangered Ungulates of Chile: Vicugna, Lama, Hippocamews, and Pudu, Sterling Miller, Jurgen Rottman and Richard D. Taber
• Endangered Wildlife on the National Resource Lands, Burton W. Silcock, H. Curt Hammit and John E. Crawford
• Conventional and Unconventional Approaches to Wildlife Exploitation, Robert K. Davis, Steve H. Hanke and Frank Mitchell
• Effective Techniques for Developing Wildlife Reserves in Latin Countries, Anne LaBastille
• Comparative Productivity of Six Bald Eagle Populations, Alexander Sprunt IV, William B. Robertson Jr., Sergej Postupalsky, Richard J. Hensel, C. Eugene Knoder and Frank J. Ligas
• Remarks of the Discussion Leader, Lee M. Talbot

Seeking Improvements for Wildlife and Fish

• Remarks of the Chairman, Justin W. Leonard

Panel - Strip Mining: Resources in Conflict

• Mining Impacts and Resource Management, Otis L. Copeland
• Strip Mining: Resources in Conflict: Impacts and Reclamation Efforts in Illinois, W. D. Klimstra and S. R. Jewell
• Strip Mining Impacts and Reclamation Efforts in Appalachia, Robert Leo Smith
• Strip Mining: Conflict or Competition, Rodney Krause

Report of the Committee on North American Wildlife Policy 1973

• Remarks of the Session Chairman, Justin W. Leonard
• Report of the Committee on North American Wildlife Policy, Presented by Durward L. Allen

Human Dimensions in Wildlife

• Defining and Evaluating Recreation Quality, Daniel R. Talhelm
• Motivations for Fishing, Richard C. Knopf, B. L. Driver and John R. Bassett
• Recreational Preferences for Birds in Saskatchewan, Douglas H. Schweitzer, David A. Scott, Arthur W. Blue and Jonathan P. Secter
• Visitor Evaluations of a Developed Outdoor Recreation Area on a National Wildlife Refuge, Ronald L. Fowler and Richard L. Bury
• Hunting Satisfaction: Game, Guns, or Nature?, Dale R. Potter, John C. Hendee and Roger N. Clark
• Attitudes of Massachusetts Hunters, Thomas A. More
• Relationships Between Hunting Success and Satisfaction, George H. Stankey, Robert C. Lucas and Robert R. Ream
• Colorado Hunter Behavior, Attitudes, and Philosophies, Bernhard J. Schole, Fred A. Glover, Douglas D. Sjogren and Eugene Decker
• Some Effects of Urbanization on Big and Small Game Management, James J. Kennedy
• Ethics of Hunting and the Antihunting Movement, David R. Klein
• Some Factors Associated with Attitude Toward Deer Hunting in New Jersey Residents, James E. Applegate
• Territoriality Among Hunters - The Policy Implications, Jack Ward Thomas, James C. Pack, William M. Healy, John D. Gill and H. Reed Sanderson
• Perception of Wildlife Hazard in National Park Use, Rorke B. Bryan and Michael C. Jansson
• Attitudes of Wisconsin Duck Hunters on Alternative Species Management Regulations, Lowell L. Klessig and Richard A. Hunt
• Wisconsin Waterfowl Hunter Attitudes and Communications, Timothy T. Eisele
• Method of Utilizing Personal Value Information for Assessing Administrative Changes on Public Lands, David L. Groves, Charles T. Cushwa and James S. Lindzey
• Private Lands Available for Wildlife in Central New York, Bruce T. Wilkins and Eugene C. Erickson
• Elk Behavior in Relation to Cattle Grazing, Forest Recreation, and Traffic, A. Lorin Ward, Jerry J. Cupal, Alfred L. Lea, Charles A. Oakley and Richard W. Weeks

Planning for Intensive Resources Management

• Intergovernmental Land Planning: Alaska's Model, Victor Fischer
• Canada's Inventory of Land-Wildlife Capabilities, V. E. F. Solman
• New Tool in Resource Management, Arch B. Park, Edward Berard and Charles Croteau
• Planning Resource Allocation in State Fish and Game Agencies, Enoch F. Bell and Emmett F. Thompson
• Political Economy of Water Resources Development, Steve H. Hanke
• Demand Estimation in Planning for Intensive Resource Management: Deer and Moose Hunting in Manitoba, R. E. Capel and R. K. Pandey

Balancing Human, Wildlife and Fish Needs

• Remarks of the Chairman, Douglas H. Pimlott
• New Owners and Views on Natural Resources in Rural America, Bruce T. Wilkins and Tommy L. Brown
• Developments in Multiple Use of Canada's Public Lands, W. Winston Mair
• Restricting Human Use of Public Lands in North America, Tom D. Thomas
• Developments in Recreational Use of Public Lands and Waters, Lynn A. Greenwalt
• Environmental Planning for Oil Shale Production in Western Colorado, Alexander T. Cringan and Paul D. Kilburn
• Balancing Needs of Fisheries and Energy Production, J. A. Mihursky and L. Eugene Cronin

Part III - Closing General Session - Priorities in Resource Management

• Remarks of the Chairman, James A. Crutchfield
• Introductory Remarks, Nathaniel P. Reed
• Balancing Demands for Natural Resources, Nathaniel P. Reed
• Examining Budget Priorities: Natural Resources, William A. Morrill
• Federal Organization to Meet Resource Needs, Andrew M. Rouse
• Equipping State Government to Meet Resource Needs, W. Mason Lawrence
• Coastal Zone Management: A Progress Report, Robert M. White
• Program Critique of the 38th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Leslie L. Glasgow
• Closing Remarks, Laurence R. Jahn

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