Part I - General Sessions

Population vs. a Resource Budget

• Formal Opening, Ira N. Gabrielson
• Introductory Remarks, John A. Hannah
• Future Population Trends and Their Significance, Kingsley Davis
• Resources for the Future, Douglas McKay
• The Myth of Idle Resources: A Reconsideration of the Concept of Nonuse in Conservation, L. G. Hines
• The Social Side of Conservation - Some Reflections on the Conservation Movement, Charles E. Lively
• Meeting Human Needs Through Agriculture, J. G. Harrar

Trends in Land and Water Use

• Introductory Remarks, Hardy L. Shirley
• Multiple Use - Multiple Benefits, Richard E. McArdle
• Competition for Public Lands, Hugh B. Woodward
• Drainage and Subsidy Payments, R. L. Dushinske
• Wildlife and Our Soil Conservation Objectives, Robert M. Salter
• Big Dam Foolishness, Elmer T. Peterson
• Grass Roots Control in Watershed Plans and Management, Nathan Tufts

Living Space for Waterfowl

• Introductory Remarks, P. W. Schneider
• Ducks and Grain, W. Winston Mair
• Agriculture Reaches Northward in Canada, Angus Gavin
• Duck Clubs Furnish Living Space, John M. Anderson
• Role of the States in Waterfowl Management, Hayden W. Olds and Ernest Swift
• A Broader Waterfowl Management Program, Joseph P. Linduska

Part II - Technical Sessions

Disease, Nutrition, and Controls

• Our Disregarded Rights-of-Way - Ten Million Unused Wildlife Acres, Frank E. Egler
• An Analysis of the Pennsylvania Bounty System, Roger M. Latham
• Parasite Interrelationships of Domestic Sheep and Columbian Black-Tailed Deer, William M. Longhurst and James R. Douglas
• Studies on Rabbits and Spotted Fever, David E. Davis
• A New Approach Toward Botulism Control, Merton N. Rosen and Arthur L. Bischoff
• Bobwhite Population Fluctuations and Vitamin A, V. W. Lehmann
• Chemical Characteristics of Natural Licks Used by Big Game Animals in Western Montana, D. S. Stockstad, Melvin S. Morris, and Earl C. Lory

Fresh Water Resources

• Underwater Television in Fresh-Water Fisheries Research, J. P. Cuerrier, F. H. Schuln, and V. E. F. Solman
• The Importance of Ground Water to Trout Populations in the Pigeon River, Michigan, Norman G. Benson
• An Intensive Creel Census on Clearwater Lake, Missouri, During Its First Four Years of Impoundment, 1949–1952, Joseph W. Kathrein
• Pollution Control in Wisconsin, H. T. J. Cramer
• Status of Coot in the Mississippi Flyway, William H. Kiel, Jr. and Arthur S. Hawkins
• The American Coot as a Game Bird, Peter Ward
• Aerial Surveys for Beaver in the Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, William A. Fuller

Small-Game Resources

• A Preliminary Evaluation of Cripple Losses in Waterfowl, Frank C. Bellerose
• Industrial Pollution and Michigan Waterfowl, George S. Hunt and Howard E. Ewing
• Woodcock Studies in Massachusetts, William G. Sheldon
• Analysis of Gray Squirrel Breeding Studies and Their Relation to Hunting Season, Gunning Pressure, and Habitat Conditions, Howard R. Redmond
• A Survey of Farm-Game Habitat Restoration Programs in Fifteen States, William H. Marshall
• Multiple Land Use: Timber, Cattle, and Bobwhite Quail, Vincent H. Reid
• Fourteen-Year Game Harvest on a 1500-Acre Michigan Farm, C. T. Black

Coastal and Marine Resources

• Relative Abundance of Young Fishes in Virginia Estuaries, William H. Massmann
• The Decline in Yield of Pacific Mackerel, John E. Fitch
• Potential Tuna Fisheries of the Central Pacific, John Laurence Kask
• The Significance of Organic Compounds in Sea Water, Albert Collier
• What Is the Future of the Sea Otter?, Richard E. Griffith
• Behavioral Factors Affecting Social Structure in the Alaska Fur Seal, George A. Bartholomew, Jr.
• The Pacific Walrus and Its Importance to the Eskimo Economy, James W. Brooks

Big Game and Fur Resources

• Introductory Remarks, Paul F. Hickie
• Wolverine, Fisher, and Marten Studies in a Wilderness Region, Horace F. Quick
• A Preliminary Report on Intensive Beaver Management, Earl F. Patric and William L. Webb
• Progress in the Management of the Moose of South Central Alaska, David L. Spencer and Edward F. Chatelain
• Effects of Land Use on Moose and Caribou in Alaska, A. Starker Leopold and F. Fraser Darling
• Newfoundland Moose, Douglas H. Pimlott
• A Study of Deeryard Carrying Capacity by Controlled Browsing, L. A. Davenport, D. F. Switzenberg, Robert C. vanEtten, and Wayne D. Burnett
• Effects of Beetle-Killed Timber on Range and Wildlife in Colorado, Lee E. Yeager and Laurence E. Riordan

Conservation Education

• All-Out Education for All-Out Conservation, Chester S. Wilson
• Not Just What: Why?, Dan Saults
• Conservation Education - The Key to Resource Management, William W. Huber
• Education Tools for Training In-Service Personnel, John E. Dodge
• Effective Use of Conservation Education by the Law Enforcement Officer, George S. Hadland
• The Influence of Women's Organizations on Conservation Education, Ethel Marshall
• Conservation Education Workshops - A Means to Better Resource Use, Howard E. Weaver
• Natural Resources and Human Needs, C. H. D. Clarke
• 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.