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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