Originally scheduled to meet in New York City, February 26, 27 and 28, 1945, Hotel Pennsylvania. Government ban on all conventions, made effective February 1, 1945, necessitated cancellation of actual meetings. The major portion of the papers planned for this Conference are printed herewith.

Contents

Land Use for Public Hunting

PROGRESS OF THE PUBLIC GAME LANDS PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA, Seth Gordon

EVALUATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE EXPERIMENTAL COOPERATIVE LANDOWNER-SPORTSMAN CONTROLLED PUBLIC HUNTING GROUND PROGRAM 1939-1943, A. W. Bromley

Waterfowl

BASIC CONCEPTS OF WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT, Ira N. Gabrielson

THOUGHTS OF A DUCK HUNTER, Ray P. Holland

MIGRATORY WATERFOWL CONDITIONS IN SASKATCHEWAN, C. L. Bertrand

THE PERMANENT VALUE OF REFUGES IN WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT, J. Clark Salyer II

CALIFORNIA'S WILDFOWL CONDITIONS, H. R. Basford

FLYWAY REGULATIONS, Frederick C. Lincoln

A FEW COMMENTS ON WILDFOWLING, Frederick K. Barbour

In the Wake of War

RETRAINING THE G.I. TO SHOOT SAFELY, Col. George 0. Van Orden

HUNTING ACCIDENTS, C. B. lister

FITNESS EXAMINATION FOR HUNTERS, W. C. Shaffer

THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC AS A SPORTER, Commander Thurman Randle

Production and Marketing of Fur

THE PROBLEM OF UNDERTRAPPING IN MUSKRAT MANAGEMENT, Daniel W. lay

CAPACITY OF ILLINOIS LAND TYPES TO PRODUCE FURS, Lee E. Yeager

PELTING EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO SKIN, FLESH, STRETCH AND DRY PELTS, Harry Van Cl eve

PROCESSING HUDSON SEAL, David L. Levin

RESEARCH AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT, Robert K. Enders

ECONOMICS OF THE FUR TRADE, Alexander T. Macleod

COMMENTS ON THE PAPERS ON THE FUR INDUSTRY PROGRAM, Samuel A. Graham

Forest Lands and Wildlife

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, N. W. Hosley

FOREST WILDLIFE AND NATIONAL FOREST LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, Theodore C. Fearnow

PROPOSED MANAGEMENT OF FORESTED GAME LANDS IN PENNSYLVANIA, C. C. Freeburn

OBSERVATIONS OF THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF WOOD AND GAME PRODUCTION, Paul A. Herbert

ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF FOREST EDGES IN RELATION TO WILDLIFE, Frank B. Barick

SMALL MAMMALS OF THE FOREST, William J. Hamilton, Jr., and David B. Cook

IS THE BAG LIMIT ENOUGH?, J. V. K. Wagar

TIMBER AND GAME - TWIN CROPS, Harold Titus

Croplands and Wildlife

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Warren W. Chase

THE OUTLOOK FOR FARM WILDLIFE, Aldo Leopold

SOME BIOLOGIC AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FIELD BORDER MANAGEMENT, Charles A. Dambach

MANAGEMENT OF BOB-WHITE ON THE OAK-TALL GRASS PRAIRIE, NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA, F. M. Baumgartner

WATER, FISHES, AND CROPLAND MANAGEMENT, Thomas H. Langlois

A FARMER LOOKS AT WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, Hartwell E. Roper

EXPERIMENTAL COOKERY WITH SURPLUS FISH AND WILDLIFE, Anna M. Olsen and George 0. Hendrickson

Commercial Fisheries

THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF THE ATLANTIC FISHERIES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN OCEAN POUND-NET OPERATOR, Robert L. Doxsee

INTERSTATE COOPERATION IN THE FISHERY FIELD ON THE ATLANTIC COAST, Wayne D. Heydecker

UTILIZATION OF THE SURF CLAM MACTRA SOLIDISSIMA, Joseph B. Glancy

Marshes, Water, and Wildlife

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, James Nelson Gowanloch

IMPROVEMENT OF FISHING IN OLD PONDS, H. S. Swingle

THE RELATION OF LAND RECLAMATION TO AQUATIC WILDLIFE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA, William T. Penfound and John D. Schneidau

A WATERFOWL BANDING STUDY ON A NEW IMPOUNDMENT, Carl R. Warren

HALF A THOUSAND MILES OF PUBLIC TROUT STREAM, John R. Greeley

SOME RESULTS OF WATERFOWL BANDING IN WESTERN CANADA BY DUCKS UNLIMITED (CANADA), B. W. Cartwright

ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF THE WATER HYACINTH, EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES, IN MANAGEMENT OF WATER AREAS, James Nelson Gowan loch

Parks, Refuges, Urban Lands, and Wildlife

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, J. J. Hickey

RESEARCH PROBLEMS ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES, Clarence Cottam

PEOPLE, Roberts Mann

UNSOLVED PROBLEMS CONCERNING WILDLIFE IN MEXICAN NATIONAL PARKS, William Vogt

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION PROBLEMS, Carl D. Shoemaker

Educational Forum

EDUCATION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, Ira N. Gabrielson

POSTWAR PROBLEMS IN FORESTRY EDUCATION, N. W. Hosley

EXTENSION SPECIALISTS FOR WILDLIFE A NECESSITY, George W. McCullough

ECOLOGY AS THE BASIS FOR TRAINING TEACHERS IN NATURE AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION, Richard L. Weaver

Range Lands and Wildlife

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, James N. Templer

BIG GAME AND LIVESTOCK ON THE WESTERN RANGE, H. E. Schwan

ALL FLESH IS GRASS, Clifford C. Presnall

RANGE RODENTS AND PLANT SUCCESSION, Richard M. Bond

METHODS OF DETERMINING TRENDS IN BIG GAME NUMBERS AND RANGE CONDITIONS, Gilbert N. Hunter

DEER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AS RELATED TO DISEASES AND PARASITES OF DOMESTIC RANGE LIVESTOCK, Carlton M. Herman

NATIONAL PARK WILDLIFE RANGES, Harold M. Ratcliff and Lowell Sumner

BIG GAME-RANGE LIVESTOCK COMPETITION ON WESTERN RANGES, L. A. Stoddart and D. I. Rasmussen

Recent Developments in Wildlife Research

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Douglas E. Wade

SOME RECENT COOPERATIVE RESEARCHES AT WISCONSIN IN FISHERY BIOLOGY, Arthur D. Hasler

CAUSES OF DEATH AMONG INDIANA FISHES, William E. Ricker

RELATION OF BUFFER SPECIES ABUNDANCE TO FOX PREDATION ON GROUSE NESTS, Robert W. Darrow

WATERFOWL AND THEIR MANAGEMENT IN INLAND TEXAS, Hilbert R. Siegler

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