Held March 22 to 25 1970 in Chicago, Illinois
Contents
PART I - OPENING GENERAL SESSION - WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT
FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Frederick C. Pullman
FILTH IN LAKE AND SEA, E. W. Seabrook Hull
AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION, Cecil H. Wadleigh
PROGRAM OF THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Russell E. Train
PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS - DISEASE, NUTRITION, AND CONTROLS
EVALUATING WINTER DEER USE OF ORCHARDS IN WESTERN COLORADO, John D. Harder
CHEMICAL CONTROL OF PIGEON REPRODUCTION, J. L. Schortemeyer and S. L. Beckwith
REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE IN BROWN PELICANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST, James O. Keith, Leon A. Woods, Jr., and Eldridge G. Hunt
ECOLOGY OF WATERFOWL BOTULISM TOXIN PRODUCTION, Brian F. Hunter
REMOTE SENSING - A PANEL
MONITORING MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT BY REMOTE SENSING METHODS, Harvey K. Nelson, A. T. Klett, and W. G. Burge
FOREST AND RANGE RESOURCES
PREDATION BY BLACK-BACKED JACKALS ON NEW-BORN BLESBOK LAMBS, S. S. du Plessis
FACTORS INFLUENCING RUFFED GROUSE POPULATIONS, Gordon W. Gullion
FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF WIND AS AN ECOLOGICAL AND THERMAL FORCE, Deborah Stevens and Aaron N. Moen
WINTER FLUCTUATIONS IN SIZE OF HOME RANGE OF THE RED SQUIRREL, D. L. Zirul and W. A. Fuller
THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION - A PANEL
REMARKS OF THE MODERATOR, Thadis W. Box
THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION - AN EASTERNER'S VIEW, Philip Hoff
EMERGING TRENDS AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FROM THE STUDY PROGRAM OF THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION, Hamilton K. Pyles
THE STUDIES OF THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION: THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE WESTERN STATES, John A. Biggs
FIELD AND FARM RESOURCES
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Roy E. Tomlinson
ACCELERATED RESEARCH ON MIGRATORY WEBLESS GAME BIRDS, Duncan MacDonald and Thomas R. Evans
A PROPOSED BAND-TAILED PIGEON CENSUS - A MANAGEMENT NEED, Daniel M. Keppie, Howard M. Wight, and W. Scott Overton
WHITE-WINGED DOVE NESTING COLONIES IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO, David R. Blankinship
CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEAVILY HUNTED WOODCOCK POPULATION IN WEST VIRGINIA, William H. Goudy, Robert C. Kletzly, and Joseph C. Rieffenberger
RUFFED GROUSE: AN INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, John B. Lewis
EFFECTS OF SAGEBRUSH CONTROL ON SAGE GROUSE, Harold D. Carr and Fred A. Glover
THE ECOLOGY OF THE WILD-TRAPPED AND TRANSPLANTED RING-NECKED PHEASANT NEAR CENTRE HALL, PENNSYLVANIA, James E. Meyers
COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Russell A. Cookingham
OREGON'S ALBACORE RESEARCH PROJECT, Daniel A. Panshin
BLACK BRANT ON THE MAINLAND COAST OF MEXICO, Robert H. Smith and G. Hortin Jensen
LONG-RANGE PLANNING FOR GREAT LAKES RESOURCES, James T. McFadden
MASSACHUSETTS ESTUARINE RESEARCH AND PROTECTION PROGRAMS, Arthur P. Chesmore and Allen E. Peterson, Jr.
ESTUARIES AND THE ECOLOGY OF SHOREBIRDS, John Smail
EVALUATION OF A LEVEED LOUISIANA MARSH, Edward Ray Smith
OPERATIONS SINCE 1963 UNDER MONTANA'S STREAM PRESERVATION LAW, John C. Peters
WATERFOWL RESOURCES
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Carl R. Noren
THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL PROGRAM IN CANADA, John S. Tener and Alan G. Loughrey
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Carl R. Noren
WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT IN THE SEVENTIES, John S. Gottschalk and Allan T. Studholme
THE STATES' VIEWS ON WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT, John R. Woodworth
WILDFOWLING AND THE LAW, H. Albert Hochbaum
WETLANDS PRESERVATION-MANAGEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA, Dale E. Whitesell
EVALUATION OF THE 1968-1969 EXPERIMENTAL MALLARD DRAKE SEASON IN MONTANA, WYOMING AND COLORADO, Jack R. Grieb, Howard D. Funk, Richard M. Hopper George F. Wrakestraw, and Dale Witt
CONSERVATION COMMUNICATIONS
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Max Schnepf
THE ECOLOGY OF THE NEW CONSERVATION, Clay Schoenfeld
THE COMMUNICATOR'S ROLE IN RESOURCE DECISIONS, Marvin Zeldin
ATTITUDES AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT WILDLIFE, David L. Erickson
ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS, Allan Murray
COMMUNICATING CONSERVATION THROUGH MAGAZINES, George Laycock
ROLE OF THE OUTDOOR WRITER IN COMMUNICATING CONSERVATION, Roger M. Latham
"HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE WHALES?" A PLAN FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION ACTION, W. Jane Westenberger
PART III - GENERAL SESSION - THE FIGHT FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Werner A. Baum
RESPONSIBILITY OF INDUSTRY IN ENVIRONMENT, Karl R. Bendetsen
MAN'S STAKE IN A GOOD ENVIRONMENT AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROGRAM OF THE 35TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE, WITH COMMENTS ON SIGNIFICANT TRENDS AND PRO.BABLE DEVELOPMENTS, Daniel L. Leedy
CLOSING REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, C. R. Gutermuth
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