Held March 2 to 4 1959 in New York City
Contents
PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS - Better Living for a Growing America
FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson
TAKING STOCK IN CONSERVATION, Elmer F. Bennett
RESOURCE POTENTIALS IN POLAR REGIONS, Paul A. Siple
THE LAW AND PROGRESS IN CONSERVATION, Samuel H. Ordway, Jr.
FACING UP TO OUR WATER PROBLEMS, S. L. Frost
Billion-Dollar Questions
HAVE WE A CONSERVATION CONSCIENCE?, Monroe Bush
IS SCIENCE SERVING CONSERVATION?, Hiden T. Cox
IS CONSERVATION EDUCATION FAILING?, William C. Bramble
CAN CONSERVATION BE SOLD "AROUND THE WORLD"?, Harlan Cleveland
Urban, Rural and Wild Land Planning for a Better America
MEETING FUTURE RECREATIONAL NEEDS, Laurance S. Rockefeller
METROPOLITAN SPRAWL, Melvin E. Scheidt
RURAL SHRINKAGE, Edward C. Higbee
ON PRESERVING THE WILD, David R. Brower
PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Pesticides and Controls
PEST CONTROL IN THE MODERN SETIING, Harlow B. Mills
ACCUMULATION AND DISSIPATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN SOIL, Robert D. Chisholm and Louis Koblitsky
INSECTICIDE RESIDUES AS HAZARDS TO WARM,BLOODED ANIMALS, Norman Gannon and G. C. Decker
POLLUTIONAL EFFECTS OF ORGANIC INSECTICIDES, Clarence M. Tarzwell
WILDLIFE AND THE FIRE ANT PROGRAM, Leslie L. Glasgow
PESTICIDE-WILDLIFE PROBLEMS AND RESEARCH NEEDS, Daniel L. Leedy
CONTROL OF MAMMAL DAMAGE TO PLANTS BY CHEMICAL REPELLENTS, Jerome F. Besser and Jack F. Welch
Wetlands and Inland Water Resources
THE CACKLING GOOSE-ITS MIGRATION AND MANAGEMENT, Urban C. Nelson and Henry A. Hansen
LOUISIANA IMPOUNDMENTS: THEIR FISH POPULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, Victor W. Lambou
RANGE CONDITIONS, LIFE HISTORY AND FOOD HABITS OF THE EVERGLADES DEER HERD, Charles M. Loveless and Frank Ligas
LOW WATER AND LESSER SCAUP REPRODUCTION NEAR ERICKSON, MANITOBA, John P. Rogers
ANGLING SUCCESS IN ALABAMA'S PUBLIC FISHING LAKES, I. B. Byrd
FARMING FOR WATERFOWL IN THE PACIIC FLYWAY, Paul M. Scheffer
CONTROLLED GOOSE SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN'S SWAN CREEK HIGH BANKS, Charles E. Friley, Jr.
Field and Farm Resources
IS THE LINCLON INDEX RELIABLE FOR COTTONTAIL CENSUSING?, T. J. Peterle and L. L. Eberhardt
WIDE-ROW CORN AS A GAME MANAGEMENT TOOL, Paul A. Vohs, Jr.
AN. EVALUATION OF WOODY COVER PLANTINGS AS PHEASANT WINTER COVER, L. Jack Lyon
BOBWHITES AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS, T. S. Baskett and R. E. Tomlinson
SOME ASPECTS OF WILDLIFE POPULATION DYNAMICS, THEIR INTERPRETATION AND ROLE IN GAME MANAGEMENT, Kenneth L. Diem
COVER MAPPING A FIVE-MILLION-ACRE STATE FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, William G. Sheldon
TWO DECADES OF PROGRESS ON WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS PROGRAM, J. R. Smith and H. C. Jordahl
Marine and Coastal Resources
KODIAK BEAR-RED SALMON RELATIONSHIPS AT KARLUK LAKE, ALASKA, Webster K. Clark
SEA LION STUDIES IN ALASKA, O. A. Mathisen
ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING SALMON SPAWNING AREAS, William F. Royce
STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF POLAR BEAR AND PACIFIC WALRUS, Robert F. Scott, Karl W. Kenyon, and John L. Buckley
FOOD HABITS OF WILD MALLARD DUCKS IN THREE LOUISIANA PARISHES, Olan W. Dillon, Jr.
LATE NESTING OF WATER BIRDS IN SOUTH TEXAS, Clarence Cottam and Caleb Glazener
NEW HORIZONS IN STOCKING HATCHERY TROUT, Paul R. Needham
Forest and Range Resources
EFFECT OF TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE ON THE RED DEER, Zbigniew Jaczewski and Mieczyslaw Czaja
EMERGENCY WINTER FEEDING OF WILD TURKEYS IN NORTHERN STATES, Roger M. Latham
MOOSE HARVESTS IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND FENNOSCANDIAN COUNTRIES, Douglas H. Pimlott
WHOSE SPACE AND FOR WHAT?, Arthur D. Smith
A DEER DRIVE VS. TRACK CENSUS, Edwin L. Tyson
WILDLIFE CHALLENGES IN EAST AFRICA, Noel M. Simon and George Treichel
BIG GAME MANAGEMENT IN THE LAKE STATES, Harry D. Ruhl
Education and Public Relations
STRAIGHT ANSWERS ABOUT POSTED LAND, Joseph S. Larsen
THE CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLC ISCHOOL PUPILS, Robert H. Giles, Jr.
TELLING THE CONSERVATION STORY VIA TELEVISION, Allen H. Benton
A THEORY OF THE VALUE OF HUNTING, Paul Shepard, Jr.
RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONSERVATIONISTS IN FOREIGN LANDS, John F. Wanamaker
ECOLOGY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL: "A NEW ATTACK ON AN OLD PROBLEM", George Cornwell
HELPING SCHOOLS STUDY WILDLIFE, John W. Brainerd
RESOURCES, PEOPLE, AND SPACE: A CRITIQUE OF THE 24TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, Durward L. Allen
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPRECIATION, C. R. Gutermuth
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