Held March 3 to 5 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS - Today's Opportunities for Conservation

FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Delyte W. Morris

TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, D. A. Williams

TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION IN FORESTS, PARKS AND WILDERNESS, A .W. Greeley

TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSERVATION IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS, Ed Stout

CONSERVATION IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Eldridge Lovelace

Youth and Our Natural Resources

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Irving Fiest

SCIENCE AND RESOURCES IN AMERICA, Clarence Cottam

BOY SCOUTS AS CONSERVATIONISTS, Charles M . Hesitand

4-H CLUBS PRACTICE CONSERVATION, George Foster

FUTURE FARMERS LEARN CONSERVATION, Jerry Lytton

EDUCATION FOR FUTURE BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS, Oswald Tippo

The Fight for Conservation

THE BLIGHT OF POLITICS, Ira N. Gabrielson

WATER POLLUTION-THE SHAME OF AMERICA, John A. Blatnik

NATURAL RESOURCES GOING OUT THE WINDOW, William E. Towell

OUR PUBLIC LANDS-SHALL THE PUBLIC ABDICATE CONTROL?, Sigurd F. Olson

PART II-TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Disease, Nutrition and Controls

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, A. B. Cowan

A PROGRESS REPORT FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN DEER DISEASE STUDY, Frank A. Hayes, William E. Greer, and Emmett B. Shotts

OBSERVATIONS ON DISEASES IN OUTBREAK OF MICROTUS, William L. Jellison, J. Frederick Bell, J. D. Vertrees, M. A. Holmes, Carl L. Larson and Cora R. Owen

WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL PROBLEMS ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST TREE FARMS, William H. Lawrence

HOOKWORMS IN FUR SEALS ON THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS, O. Wilford Olsen

INFECTIONS IN WILDLIFE WITH VIRUSES, L. H. Karstad and R. P. Hanson

ASPERGILLOSIS IN WATERFOWL, Carlton M. Herman and William J. L. Sladen

Wetlands and Inland Water Resources

THE TIME OF FORMATION OF PAIRS IN BLACK DUCKS, Vernon D. Stotts

BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE, William H. Elder and Davis H. Woodside

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FARMLAND FOR WATERFOWL NESTING, Mike Milonski

RECREATION, FISH AND WILDLIFE IN CALIFORNIA'S WATER PROGRAM, David E. Pelgen

RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF GEAR USED IN FISH POPULATION STUDIES, John L. Funk

SMALLMOUTH BASS MANAGEMENT IN THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN, Albert E. Sanderson

AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE SPORT FISHERY IN MINNESOTA, Zane Scheftel

Upland Game Resources

THE IMPORTANCE OF JUVENILE BREEDING TO THE ANNUAL COTTONTAIL CROP, Rexford D. Lord, Jr.

UPLAND GAME-BIRD POPULATIONS IN RELATION TO COVER, Carl V .Swanson and Charles F. Yocom

CALCIUM, PROSPHORUS AND PROTEIN LEVELS AS FACTORS IN PHEASANT DISTRIBUTION, Fred H. Dale and James B. DeWitt

WOODCOCK SINGING GROUNDS AT CLOQUET EXPERIMENTAL FOREST, William H. Marshall

EFFECTS OF HUNTING ON GAMBEL QUAIL POPULATIONS, Steve Gallizioli and Wendell Swank

ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN TEXAS QUAIL MANAGEMENT, O. C. Wallmo and P. B. Uzzell

EFFECTS OF DROUGHT AND HUNTING ON CHUKAR PARTRIDGES, Glen C. Christensen

Marine and Coastal Resources

IRREVERSIBLE DRAINAGE-A NEW FACTOR IN WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT, William W. NeelY

AN EPIZOOTIC IN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE FISHES, Carl J. Sind'ermann

DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF GRAY WEAKFISH IN THE YORK RIVER, W. H. Massmann, J. P. Whitcomb and A. L. Pacheco

PROBLEMS RELATIVE TO THE ATLANTIC COAST STRIPED BASS FISHERY, James E. Sykes

THE STRIPED BASS RELATIVE TO MULTIPLE USE OF ROANOKE RIVER, William W. Hassler

ESTUARINE ECOLOGY OF FLORIDA WATERS AND EFFECTS ON WEAKFISH, Durbin Tabb

DISTRIBUTION OF MENHADEN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, Royal D. Suttkus

Big Game Resources

PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE USE OF DEER PELLET GROUP COUNTS, W. Leslie Robinette

ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF EXPLOITATION THROUGH LIFE TABLES, Horace F. Quick

BLACK BEAR RESEARCH IN NEW YORK, Hugh C. Black

MANAGEMENT OF BIG GAME RESOURCES IN UGANDA, EAST AFRICA, George A. Petrides and Wendell G. Swank

RESULTS OF DEER EXCLOSURE-EXPERIMENTS IN OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST, Samuel A. Graham

ELK AND ELK HUNTING IN IDAHO, Levi L. Mohler, Paul D. Dalke and Wesley M. Shaw

SEX DETERMINATION IN DRESSED ELK CARCASSES, Richard N. Denney

Conservation Education

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN ECOLOGY, George B. Happ

CAN WEAK-KNEED EDUCATION RETAIN WILDLIFE VALUES?, J. V. K. Wagar

CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, Walter P. Taylor

JUNIOR COLLEGES WORK IN CONSERVATION, TOO!, Paul A. White

NATURAL AREAS AND EDUCATION, Paul Bruce Dowling

THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE IN NORTHERN MEXICO, Rollin H. Baker

WHITHER CONSERVATION IN AMERICAN COLLEGES?, Charles E. Lively

CONSERVATION IN AN EXPANDING ECONOMY: CONFERENCE APPRAISAL, E. R. Kalmbach

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPRECIATION, C. R. Gutermuth

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