Held March 7 to 9 1960 in Dallas, Texas
Contents
PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS - NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson
OUR SOIL-OUR STRENGTH, Lloyd W. Lowery
CONSERVATION FROM A RANCHER'S VIEWPOINT, A. P. Atkins
TREE FARMING PAYS OFF, E. R. Wagoner
HOW CONSERVATION MEETS RECREATIONAL NEEDS, Norman Kraeft
NATURAL RESOURCES AN1D COMMUNITY VALUES
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Patrick Healey, Jr.
AMERICA THE UGLY, Bernard F. Hillenbrand
HOW CONSERVATION HELPS BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Robert B. Meyner
UPSTREAM FLOOD PROTECTION, L. L. Males
HOW FOREST LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE SOUTH AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY, Frank Heyward
MEASURES OF RESOURCE WORTH
WHERE WE STAND TODAY IN CONSERVATION, Seth Gordon
THE ECONOMIC VALUES OF CONSERVATION, Oris V. Wells
CONSERVATION FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, Joseph L. Fisher
PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS - DEPREDATIONS CONTROL SYMPOSIUM
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, James S. Lindzey
THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF BIRD DEPREDATIONS ON CROPS, Maurice L. Giltz
MANAGEMENT TO AVOID BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Robert T. Mitchell
MANAGEMENT TO AVOID WATERFOWL DEPREDATIONS, Clinton H. Lostetter
RICE CULTURE IN CHICOT COUNTY AS PERTAINING TO BLACKBIRDS, Clifton M. Powell
THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENT AND BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Harold E. Alexander
THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION IN RELATION TO BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Francis J. Williams
RESEARCH ON CONTROL OF BLACKBIRD DEPREDATIONS, James J. Lindzey
PUBLIC HEALTH IN RELATION TO BIRDS, Harold Norlin Johnson, M. D.
PROBLEM BIRDS, Carl W. Buchheister
FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Lansing A. Parker
WETLANDS AND INLAND WATER RESOURiCES
WILD RICE PRODUCTION FROM NEW WETLANDS, Charles H. Stoddard
WATERFOWL FOODS IN LOUISIANA RICEFIELDS, Bobby G. Harmon, Carl H. Thomas, and Leslie Glasgow
LEAD POISONING DUCKS WINTERING ON THE DETROIT RIVER, George S. Hunt
A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AND AVIAN BOTULISM, Wayne L Jensen and Jack P. Allen
RACCOON PREDATION ON WATERFOWL, Leonard M. Llewelyn and Clark G. Webster
FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON WATERSHED PROJECTS, Roy A. Grizzell, Jr.
STREAM VALUES, RECREATIONAL USE, AND PRESERVATION, Harold E. Alexander
FIELD AND FARM RESOURCES
EVALUATION OF PHEASANT NESTING HABITAT IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Carl G. Trautman
ANALYSIS OF PHEASANT NESTING IN NEBRASKA, Raymond L. Linder, David L. Lyon, and C. Phillip Agee
WATER REQUIREMENTS OF GAMBEL'S QUAIL, Charles R. Hungerford
BOBWHITE QUAIL: A PRODUCT OF LONGLEAF PINE FORESTS, Vincent H. Reid and Phil D. Goodrum
MIGRATIONAL HOMING, MO,VEMENT, AND MORTALITY OF MOURNING DOVES, Roy E. Tomlinson, Howard M. Wight, and Thomas S. Baskett
IMPORTANCE OF FOOD TO COTTONTAIL WINTER MORTALITY, Rexford D. Lord and David A. Casteel, Jr.
PESTICIDAL RESIDUES IN ANIMAL TISSUES, James B. DeWitt, Calvin M. Menzie, Vyto A. Adomaitis, and William L. Reichel
COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES
METHODS OF ENUMERATING SALMON IN ALASKA, Richard R. Straty
OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEAS, Lester A. Giles and John Livingston
PROBLEMS OF WHALE CONSERVATION, Richard M. Laws
ROLE OF ESTUARINE WATERS IN GULF FISHERIES, Bernard E. Skud and William 8. Wilson
ABUNDANCE OF ST. JOHNS RIVER SHAD, Charles H. Walburg
MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN OFFSHORE FISHERY, Lee F. Brackett
PACIFIC SALMON IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, Allan C. Hartt
FOREST AND RANGE RESOURCES
TRAPPING, IMMOBILIZING AND COLOR-MARKING GRIZZLY BEARS, John J. Craighead, Maurice Hornocker, Wesley Woodgerd, and Frank C. Craighead, Jr.
AN EVALUATION OF COLORADO'S ACCESS PROBLEMS, Keith G. Hay
EFFECTS OF RIGHTS OF WAY TECHNIQUES ON VEGETATION, Dale Howard Arner
A SALABLE APPROACH TO THE CATTLE-ELK COMPETITION PROBLEM, Dale A, Jones
SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND BREEDING BEHAVIOR OF SAGE GROUSE IN IDAHO, Paul D. Dalke, Duane B. Pyrah, Don C. Stanton, John E. Crawford, and Edward Sclatterer
BROWSING AND STAND REGENERATION IN CLEAR- AND SELECTIVELY-CUT HARDWOODS, Thomas H. Ripley and Robert A. Campbell
RECENT ADVANCES IN THE FIELD IMMOBILIZATION OF LARGE MAMMALS, Helmut K. Beuchner, A. M. Harthoom, and John A. Lock
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION
NATURAL RESOURCES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS IN EUROPE, Walter P. Taylor
WHY MORE ECONOMISTS ARE NOT CONSERVATIONISTS, Gilbert Banner
SUCCESSES, PITFALLS, AND TECHNIQUES IN WILDLIFE TELEVISION, Douglas L. Gilbert
EMERGING GOALS FOR RESOURCE-USE EDUCATION, George L. Fersh
KEEPING THE CHILD IN TOUCH WITH THE EARTH, Alfred G. Etter
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND THE CUSTOMER, Stanley A. Cain
PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION IN THE WILDLIFE FIELD, Robert D. Calkins
NATURAL RESOURCES AND AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP: A CRITIQUE OF THE 25TH NORTH AMERICAN NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, W. Winston Mair
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, C. R. Gutermuth
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