Held March 24 to 28, 2000 in Rosemont, Illinois
Contents
Opening Session. Hindsight and Foresight in Conservation
Opening Statement, Rollin D. Sparrowe
Ecosystem Management: From Rhetoric to Reality, Jonathan B. Haufler
The Forest Service's Roads Policy: Assuring Wildlife Habitat Quality, Michael Dombeck
War on Weeds: Winning It for Wildlife, Jerry Asher
1999 National 4-H Wildlife and Fisheries Volunteer Leader Recognition Awards
Session One. Wildlife Harvest Regulations: Lesson Learned, Current Challenges and Prospects for the Future
Perspectives on Regulation of the Sport Harvest of Wildlife, Byron K. Williams
Evolution of Harvest Management for North American Waterfowl: Selective Pressures and Preadaptations for Adaptive Harvest Management, James D. Nichols
Adaptive Harvest Management: Has Anything Really Changed?, Dale D. Humburg, Thomas W. Aldrich, Scott Baker, Gary Costanzo, James H Gammonley, Michael A. Johnson, Bryan Swift, Dan Yparraguirre
Adaptive Regulation of Waterfowl Harvests: Lessons Learned and Prospects for the Future, Fred A. Johnson and David J. Case
Review of Archery Equipment Regulations for Big Game Hunting in the United States, Kenneth E. Mayer, Robert C. Lund, Lonnie P. Hansen, Robert J. Warren and H. Lee Gladfelter
A Review of Regulation-setting Processes Among State Wildlife Agencies, Peter Bull and R. Ben Peyton
Review of Criteria and Procedures and Recommendations for Tightening Regulation Setting in State Wildlife Agencies, Herman J. Griese, Dwight E. Guynn and R. Ben Peyton
The Political Realities of Regulation Setting, Jay B. McAninch, Saxby Chambliss and Collin Peterson
Session Two. Central Forests: A Sleeping Giant
Current Conditions and Trends in Composition and Structure of Midwestern Forests, Thomas L. Schmidt
Sustaining Oak Ecosystems in the Central Hardwood Region: Lessons from the Past-Continuing the History of Disturbance, Daniel C. Dey and Richard P. Guyette
Enhanced Avian Diversity in Wisconsin Pine Barrens through Aggregated Timber Harvest, Neal D. Niemuth and Mark S. Boyce
How to Reduce Gypsy Moth Effects on Central Hardwood Forests, Kurt W. Gottschalk and Andrew M. Liebhold
Should Bat Conservation Issues Alone Dictate Forest Management Policy?, Richard L. Clawson and Ronald D. Drobney
The Challenges and Opportunities of Restoring Ecosystems in Urban-influenced Areas: Insights from Northeastern Illinois, Susan C. Barro and John F. Dwyer
Fragmented Midwestern Forests and Songbird Populations: Where Do We Go From Here?, Frank R. Thompson III
Session Three. Managing Wildlife-related Conflicts
Issue Management and Communicating Effectively: "Why Biologists Need Help", Stephanie Kenyon and Carol l,fynne
Co-management: An Evolving Process for the Future of Wildlife Management?, Daniel J. Decker, Tania M. Schuster, Tommy L. Brown and George F. Mattfeld
Beyond Release: Incorporating Diverse Publics in Setting Research Priorities for the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program, Bruce C. Thompson, Julie S. Prior-Magee, Melody L. Munson-McGee, Wendy Brown, David Parsons and Lucy Moore
Balancing Public Opinion in Managing River Otters in Missouri, David Hamilton, Daniel J. Witter and Theresa L. Goedeke
Managing Overabundance in the Face of Social Conflict: The Case of the Lesser Snow Goose, Craig A. Miller
A Sportsmen's Task Force for Establishing Waterfowl Seasons, David E. Odell
Session Four. Hostile Takeovers in America: Invasive Species in Wild/ands and Waterways
Biological Invasions: Global Swarming is Heating Up, Bruce E. Coblentz
The Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus): Another Unwelcome Invader in the Mississippi River Basin, Mark T. Steingraeber and Pamella A. Thiel
Saltcedar Invasion of Western Riparian Areas: Impacts and New Prospects for Control, Tom L. Dudley, C. Jack DeLoach, Jeffrey E. Levich and Raymond I. Carruthers
The Silvio 0. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Invasive Plant Control Initiative, Beth Goettel
C ALFED Nonnative Invasive Species Program, S. Kim Webb
Nutria: A Nonnative Nemesis, Dixie Bounds and Glenn A. Carowan, Jr.
Invasive Species and the Conservation Community, Bob Devine, Sara Vickerman and Mike Phillips
Session Five. NEPA After Thirty Years: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Opening Statement, Thomas Wray III
Analyzing the Indirect and Cumulative Impacts of Federal Agency Permitting Actions and Approval Decisions: A Common Sense Approach to Improve the NEPA Process, Fred R. Wagner and Brenda Mallory
Process Improvement: A New Focus for NEPA Programs in the Department of Defense, Ronald D. Webster, Len Richeson, and Katherine M Bragdon
The Public and the Commenting Process For The Proposed Grand Kankakee Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Jean C. Mangun, Daniel E. Bray and William R. Mangun
Integrating NEPA with Other Environmental Laws: Road Map for Success, Ron Bass and John Forren
Is There Integration of Natural and Cultural Resources in the NEPA Process?, Erwin Roemer
NEPA Ratings: What Have We Learned?, Kelly Tzoumis and Linda Finegold
Unprecedented Decision Involving NEPA on Controversial Reservoir Project, Regina Poeske
Session Six. Young Wildlife Professionals: Do They Fulfill The Needs of Management in Today's Resource Agency?
Great Books, Great Thinkers, Great Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Ronald J Regan
Does Today's Wildlife Management Agency Know What to Expect From Young Wildlife Professionals, James E. Miller
Preparing and Hiring for the Future: Are We Playing for the Short or Long Term?, James A. Baker
The Preparedness of Entry-level Natural Resource Professionals in the Forest Service, Phil Janik and Dave Radloff
Evolving State Agencies, University Curricula and Wildlife Students, Alan Woolf
Educating Today's Students for Tomorrow's Challenges in Natural Resource Management: A Student's Perspective, Joe N. Caudell
Academic Response to the Needs of Natural Resource Agencies: A Case Study Involving Human/Wildlife Conflicts, Terry A. Messmer and Michael R. Conover
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