Held March 25 to 30, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia

Contents

Opening Session. 78th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Steve Williams

Nature Wars: Wildlife Comebacks and Denatured People, Jim Sterba

A 21st Century Conservation System, Dan Ashe

Special Session One. Do Public Trust Responsibilities Really Matter?

Why is Wildlife a Public Trust Resource?, Laura Bies

Getting Back to Basics: How Employing PTD Principles Can Help Garner Support for State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Edward K. Boggess and Cynthia Jacobson

Constraints to Delivering the Public Trust: A State Agency Perspective, Ann B. Forstchen and Nick Wiley

Meeting Public Trust Responsibilities for All Species: The Idaho Wildlife Summit, Virgil Moore, Gregg Servheen, Victoria Runnoe, and Michele Beucler

What Does it Mean to Manage Wildlife as if Public Trust Really Matters?, Daniel J. Decker, Ann B. Forstchen, Cynthia A. Jacobson, Christian A. Smith, John F. Organ, and Darragh Hare

Special Session Two. Talking to Sportsmen and Women About Hunting and Fishing in a Changing Climate

Communicating Climate Change to Hunters and Anglers: Sportsmen's Attitudes Toward Global Warming 2006-2013, Mark Damian Duda and Amanda C. Ritchie

Sportsmen and Women are Key to Addressing Climate Change, Larry Schweiger

Working with Sportsmen's Organizations and Other Conservation Partners in the Revision of Nevada's Wildlife Action Plan for Climate Change, Laura B. Richards

Talking to the Public, Through the Media, About Climate Change, Todd Tanner

Special Session Three. Landscape Conservation in North America: Collaborating Within and Among Partnerships

The Northeast Regional Conservation Framework, Patricia Riexinger, David Whitehurst, John Kanter, Karen Bennett, Diana Day, Scot Williamson, Dee Blanton, Kenneth Elowe, Steve Fuller, and Andrew Milliken

Special Session Four. What Does Green Really Mean? Renewable Energy Implications for Wildlife

Implications of Energy and Agriculture Development for Wildlife on Private Lands: Opening Remarks, Edward B. Arnett

The Minnesota Agriculture Water Quality Certification Program, Brad Redln

Opportunities and Challenges to Energy Development on a Ranch in Western Colorado-Developing a Model for Conservation and Mixed-Use, Steven R. Belinda

Creating Sustainable Landscape Scale Outcomes in the Energy and Environment Intersection in the Southern Plains-Using Conservation Banks to Help Save the Lesser Prairie Chicken, Wayne Walker

The Freeway of Water: How Federal Policies Are Funding the Draining of America's Heartland and Jeopardizing the Future of American Agriculture and Fish and Wildlife Resources, Steve Kline

The Future Conservation Reserve Program: Maintaining Benefits from a Reduced Size CRP Program, Dave Nomsen

Meeting the Wildlife Challenges of Changing Private Landscapes from Energy and Agricultural Development, Timothy McCoy

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