Held March 14 to 18, 1997 in Washington, D.C.
Contents
Opening Session. Cooperating to Maintain Our Resource Heritage
Opening Statement, Rollin D. Sparrowe
USDA's Land-management Role, USDA Secretary Dan Glickman
Canadian Perspectives on Wildlife Management-New Directions, Lynda Maltby
Knowledge and Passion: The Keys to Resource Management, Mark Van Putten
Surveying the Road Ahead for Extension, Catherine E. Woteki
Devolution of the Public's Lands: Trading a Birthright for Pottage, Jack Ward Thomas
1996 National 4-H Wildlife and Fisheries Volunteer Leader Recognition Awards
Guy Bradley Award, Whitney Tilt
Special Session 1. Extension Outreach: A Link to Resource Sustainability on Private Lands
Opening Remarks, Robert L. Ruff
Extension's Role in Achieving Hunter, Landowner and Wildlife Agency Objectives Through Utah's Big Game Posted Hunting Unit Program, Terry A. Messmer and Charles E. Dixon
Wildlife in the Classroom: An Overview of Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy J Higginbotham
The Impact of Changing Demographics on Wildlife and Fisheries Extension and Outreach, Robert D. Brown
Reaching Nontraditional Extension Audiences Using Distance Education: Introduction to Wildlife Conservation, A Case Study, Kim K. Ragland-Gray and Tom G. Barnes
Private Lands Management: Adapting a Premier Woodland Cooperator Program to Restore and Manage Wetlands, Darrel F. Covell, Robert L. Ruff and Scott R. Craven
Attitudes and Human Dimensions in Forest Ecosystem Management, Deborah T. Yarrow and David C. Guynn, Jr.
Coastal and Great Lakes Sustainability Partnership Efforts by the National Sea Grant College Program, .Michael S. Spranger, Paul D. Coreil, Shirley J. Fiske, Virginia Lee, Brian K. .Miller and James A-Jurray
The Fish and Wildlife Service/Extension Connection: A Partnership in Action, Duncan MacDonald
Closing Remarks: Extension Education at the Crossroads, James E. .Miller
Special Session 2. Seeking Consensus in Resource Management
Introductory Remarks: Seeking Consensus on Resource Management, Gail Bingham
Research as a Route to Consensus? Feral Ungulate Control in Hawaii, Lynn A. Maguire, Peter Jenkins and Graham Nugent
Miracle in Montana: Managing Conflicts Over Private Lands and Public Wildlife Issues, Dwight E. Guynn
Finding Consensus Amidst Controversy: Establishing Forest Management Standards, Tammara Van Ryn
Special Session 3. Connecting Leadership to On-the-Ground Resource Management
Connecting Leadership to On-the-ground Resource Management, Larry R. Nelson
Beyond Command and Control, Robert L. Hays
Connecting Agency Leadership to Natural Resources Management On the Ground: The View from Below, Jeffrey K. A.ii/er, Randy Marki and Dennis Simon
Good Management and Benign Neglect, Ralph O. Morgenweck
Bridging the Central/Field Office Gap Under the Ace Basin Project, John E. Frampton
Partnerships in Practice: The Fine Line Between Success and Failure, Gary L. Sullivan
Traditional Knowledge-Don't Leave the Future Without It, John C. Capp and Carol Jorgensen
Beyond Conservation Rhetoric: Bridging the Gap Between Science, Policy, Planning and Getting the Job Done On the Ground, Kent A. Smith and Sara Vickerman
Special Session 4. The Changing Face of Eastern Forests
Opening Statement, James R. Woehr
Today's Eastern Forests: What Have 350 Years of European Settlement Wrought?, William H Mc Williams, Gordon C. Reese, Roger C. Conner, Victor A. Rudis and Thomas L. Schmidt
Wildlife, Values and the Eastern Forest, Thomas A. More, J. Morgan Grove and Mark J. Twery
Changes in Eastern Forests: Chesnut is Gone, Are the Oaks Far Behind?, William M Healy, Kurt W. Gottschalk, Robert P. Long and Philip M Wargo
Are Forest Songbirds Declining? Status Assessment from the Southern Appalachians and Northeastern Forests, Kathleen E. Franzreb and Kenneth V Rosenberg
Why States Need to Practice Ecosystem Approaches to Management, Todd K Fuller and John F. Organ
Eastern Forestland Owners: Who's Buying What and Why?, Thomas W. Birch
Wildlife Habitat in a Computer: Integrating Wildlife with Other Resource Analyses, Mark J. Twery, Linda E. Thomasma and Scott A. Thomasma
ACT 250-Vermont's Land-use Development and Control Statute: A Tool for the Effective Management of an Eastern Forest, Joe Mnadeo
Special Session 5. Natural Resource Gleanings and Leanings
The Cultural Audit Process: A Compelling New Tool for Fish and Wildlife Agencies in the Nick of Time, Sally F. Angus
Hunting 1996, A Year to Remember, Grant Baker
The Opposition to Hunting: A Typology of Beliefs, Donna L. Mnnis
Effects of Regulations and Duck Abundance on Duck Hunter Participation and Satisfaction, James K Ringelman
Enhancing Biological Performance of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Fred A. Johnson, Mark D. Koneff, Mchael G. Anderson, Robert 0. Bailey, Richard K Baydack, Thomas E. Martin, Jeffrey W. Nelson, James K Ringelman and Clayton W. Rubec
Challenges in Waterfowl Habitat Restoration on the Mono Lake Basin, Frederic A. Reid, Roderick C. Drewien, Thomas D. Ratcliff
Perceptions of Releases of Captive-reared Mallards, with Emphasis on an Intensive Program in Maryland, David B. Smith and Frank C. Rohwer
Urban Canada Goose Management: Policies and Procedures, James A. Cooper and Tom Keefe
An Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Problem: Ecological and Sociological Factors Influencing White-tailed Deer Damage to Agricultural Crops in Michigan, Henry Campa Ill, Scott R. Winterstein, R. Ben Peyton, Larry A. Leefers and Glenn R. Dudderar
Special Session 6. Ecosystem Health in Contemporary Landscapes
Opening Remarks, Christine A. Jauhola
Defining Ecosystem Health in National Parks, Dan E. Huff
Historical Changes in Western Riparian Ecosystems, Marci Todd and Wayne Elmore
Back to the Future-ls the Past a Guide to a "Healthy" Forest Landscape in the Northern Great Lakes Region?, Daniel R. Dessecker
Wildlife Conservation and Ecosystem Health in the Interior Columbia River Basin, Fred B. Samson, A.ichelle A. Eames, Richard S. Holthausen, Danny C. Lee, Wally Afurphy, David A. Newhouse, Terrel D. Rich, Allan R. Sands, Barbara Wales and A.ichael J Wisdom
Wild Rice to Rip-rap: 120 Years of Habitat Changes and Management of a Lake Erie Coastal Marsh, Roy W. Kroll, Johan F. Gottgens and Brian P. Swartz
Using Hierarchical Models to Index the Ecological Health of the Nation, Raymond J O'Connor and Malcolm T. Jones
Shortleaf Pine/Bluestem Grass Ecosystem Renewal in the Ouachita Moootains, George A. Bukenhofer and L. D. Hedrick
Closing Remarks, James D. Fenwood
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