Part I - Opening General Session: Society's Failure to Solve Environmental Problems

• Formal Opening, Daniel A. Poole
• Can Government Meet Environmental Needs?, Roderick Nash
• Legal Instruments to Protect the Environment, David Siva
• Needed Improvements in Environmental Education, Norman Pearson
• Should Economics Dictate Resource Allocation Decisions?, Michael F. Brewer

Part II - Technical Sessions: Controlling Land Use

• Remarks of the Chairman, S. J. Schulman
• Environmental Planning in Northern Europe and Russia, J. J. Shomon
• In Accordance With a Comprehensive Plan, Peter Q. Eschweiler
• Ecological Relationships and the Land Use Planning Process in a Watershed, Lawrence S. Hamilton
• National Land Use Policy: The President's Proposal, William K. Reilly
• Easements for Maintaining Environmental Values, J. Martin Winton
• Establishing Underwater Parks Worldwide, Orthello L. Wallis

Chemical Contamination

• Occurrence and Significance of PCB's in the Environment, E. H. Dustman, L. F. Stickel, L. J. Blus, W. L. Reichel and S. N. Weimeyer
• Heavy Metals in United States Fish, Richard J. Bronk
• Survey of Mercury Residues in Aquatic Bird Eggs, Kees Vermeer
• Effects of Pesticides on Mule Deer Rumen Bacteria, Thomas A. Barber and Julius G. Nagy
• Side Effects of Forest Spraying in New Brunswick, P. A. Pearce
• Effects of Mirex on Estuarine Organisms, J. I. Lowe, P. R. Parrish, A. J. Wilson, Jr., P. D. Wilson, and T. W. Duke

Oil, Fish and Wildlife

• Remarks of the Chairman, Philip A. Douglas
• Impacts of Oil on the East Coast, Donald J. Zinn
• Impacts of Oil on the Gulf Coast, Lyle S. St. Amant
• Oil Pollution and Wildlife and Fisheries in the Santa Barbara Channel, Dale Straughan

Oil Developments in Alaska - A Panel

• Protecting the Environment, Geoffrey Larminie
• Alaska - Oil and the Environment, Angus Gavin
• Oil and Wildlife: A Biologist's View, Robert B. Weeden

Field and Forest

• Remarks of the Chairman, Glenn D. Chambers
• Man's Population-Environment Crisis, Walter E. Howard
• The Canada Goose Tagging Program in Wisconsin, George K. Brakhage, Henry M. Reeves, Richard A. Hunt
• Status of the Wood Duck in Ontario, Alexander T. Cringham
• Status and Management of Grizzly Bears in Glacier National Park, C. J. Martinka
• Importance of Daily Bag in Squirrel Hunting, Donald M. Christisen
• Status of Endangered Species Program, Harry A. Goodwin and Eley P. Denson
• Problems Confronting Migratory Birds in Alaska, James C. Bartonek, James G. King, and Harvey K. Nelson
• Impact of Channelization in the Obion-Forked Deer Creek Basin, C. J. Barstow
• Decision-Making Model for Public Management of Wetlands, Joseph S. Larson
• Human Behavior and Wildlife Management, John C. Hendee and Dale R. Potter
• Economic Evaluation of Michigan's Salmon-Trout Fishery, Gale C. Jamsen and Paul V. Ellefson
• Role of Fire in Managing Red Fir Forests, Bruce M. Kilgore

Conservation Communications

• Ecological Rationale for the Management of Ungulates in Parks, Glen F. Cole
• OWAA Youth Program, James A. O. Crowe
• Communicating Complete Wildlife Values of Kenai, Harold W. Steinhoff

Role of Mass Media in Keeping the Public Informed of Environmental Problems - A Panel

• The Role of the Printed Media, Clare Conley
• The Role of Commercial Television, Robert Northshield

Part III - Closing General Session: National Well-Being Demands Solutions

• Remarks of the Chairman, Cornelius H. Siemen
• Presentation of the B. Y. Morrison Memorial Award, G. W. Irving, Jr.
• Man: Planetary Disease - 1971 B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture, Ian L. McHarg
• Quality Environment: Individual Rights and Responsibilities, James W. Moorman
• On Compromising the Public Good, Denis Hayes
• Your Role for a Quality Environment, Shirley A. Briggs
• Summarization and Critique of the Conference, M. Graham Netting
• Closing Remarks, C. R. Gutermuth

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