Held March 2 to 4 1959 in New York City

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS - Better Living for a Growing America

FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson

TAKING STOCK IN CONSERVATION, Elmer F. Bennett

RESOURCE POTENTIALS IN POLAR REGIONS, Paul A. Siple

THE LAW AND PROGRESS IN CONSERVATION, Samuel H. Ordway, Jr.

FACING UP TO OUR WATER PROBLEMS, S. L. Frost

Billion-Dollar Questions

HAVE WE A CONSERVATION CONSCIENCE?, Monroe Bush

IS SCIENCE SERVING CONSERVATION?, Hiden T. Cox

IS CONSERVATION EDUCATION FAILING?, William C. Bramble

CAN CONSERVATION BE SOLD "AROUND THE WORLD"?, Harlan Cleveland

Urban, Rural and Wild Land Planning for a Better America

MEETING FUTURE RECREATIONAL NEEDS, Laurance S. Rockefeller

METROPOLITAN SPRAWL, Melvin E. Scheidt

RURAL SHRINKAGE, Edward C. Higbee

ON PRESERVING THE WILD, David R. Brower

PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Pesticides and Controls

PEST CONTROL IN THE MODERN SETIING, Harlow B. Mills

ACCUMULATION AND DISSIPATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN SOIL, Robert D. Chisholm and Louis Koblitsky

INSECTICIDE RESIDUES AS HAZARDS TO WARM,BLOODED ANIMALS, Norman Gannon and G. C. Decker

POLLUTIONAL EFFECTS OF ORGANIC INSECTICIDES, Clarence M. Tarzwell

WILDLIFE AND THE FIRE ANT PROGRAM, Leslie L. Glasgow

PESTICIDE-WILDLIFE PROBLEMS AND RESEARCH NEEDS, Daniel L. Leedy

CONTROL OF MAMMAL DAMAGE TO PLANTS BY CHEMICAL REPELLENTS, Jerome F. Besser and Jack F. Welch

Wetlands and Inland Water Resources

THE CACKLING GOOSE-ITS MIGRATION AND MANAGEMENT, Urban C. Nelson and Henry A. Hansen

LOUISIANA IMPOUNDMENTS: THEIR FISH POPULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT, Victor W. Lambou

RANGE CONDITIONS, LIFE HISTORY AND FOOD HABITS OF THE EVERGLADES DEER HERD, Charles M. Loveless and Frank Ligas

LOW WATER AND LESSER SCAUP REPRODUCTION NEAR ERICKSON, MANITOBA, John P. Rogers

ANGLING SUCCESS IN ALABAMA'S PUBLIC FISHING LAKES, I. B. Byrd

FARMING FOR WATERFOWL IN THE PACIIC FLYWAY, Paul M. Scheffer

CONTROLLED GOOSE SHOOTING AT MICHIGAN'S SWAN CREEK HIGH BANKS, Charles E. Friley, Jr.

Field and Farm Resources

IS THE LINCLON INDEX RELIABLE FOR COTTONTAIL CENSUSING?, T. J. Peterle and L. L. Eberhardt

WIDE-ROW CORN AS A GAME MANAGEMENT TOOL, Paul A. Vohs, Jr.

AN. EVALUATION OF WOODY COVER PLANTINGS AS PHEASANT WINTER COVER, L. Jack Lyon

BOBWHITES AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS, T. S. Baskett and R. E. Tomlinson

SOME ASPECTS OF WILDLIFE POPULATION DYNAMICS, THEIR INTERPRETATION AND ROLE IN GAME MANAGEMENT, Kenneth L. Diem

COVER MAPPING A FIVE-MILLION-ACRE STATE FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, William G. Sheldon

TWO DECADES OF PROGRESS ON WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC HUNTING AND FISHING GROUNDS PROGRAM, J. R. Smith and H. C. Jordahl

Marine and Coastal Resources

KODIAK BEAR-RED SALMON RELATIONSHIPS AT KARLUK LAKE, ALASKA, Webster K. Clark

SEA LION STUDIES IN ALASKA, O. A. Mathisen

ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING SALMON SPAWNING AREAS, William F. Royce

STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF POLAR BEAR AND PACIFIC WALRUS, Robert F. Scott, Karl W. Kenyon, and John L. Buckley

FOOD HABITS OF WILD MALLARD DUCKS IN THREE LOUISIANA PARISHES, Olan W. Dillon, Jr.

LATE NESTING OF WATER BIRDS IN SOUTH TEXAS, Clarence Cottam and Caleb Glazener

NEW HORIZONS IN STOCKING HATCHERY TROUT, Paul R. Needham

Forest and Range Resources

EFFECT OF TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE ON THE RED DEER, Zbigniew Jaczewski and Mieczyslaw Czaja

EMERGENCY WINTER FEEDING OF WILD TURKEYS IN NORTHERN STATES, Roger M. Latham

MOOSE HARVESTS IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND FENNOSCANDIAN COUNTRIES, Douglas H. Pimlott

WHOSE SPACE AND FOR WHAT?, Arthur D. Smith

A DEER DRIVE VS. TRACK CENSUS, Edwin L. Tyson

WILDLIFE CHALLENGES IN EAST AFRICA, Noel M. Simon and George Treichel

BIG GAME MANAGEMENT IN THE LAKE STATES, Harry D. Ruhl

Education and Public Relations

STRAIGHT ANSWERS ABOUT POSTED LAND, Joseph S. Larsen

THE CONSERVATION KNOWLEDGE OF PUBLC ISCHOOL PUPILS, Robert H. Giles, Jr.

TELLING THE CONSERVATION STORY VIA TELEVISION, Allen H. Benton

A THEORY OF THE VALUE OF HUNTING, Paul Shepard, Jr.

RESPONSIBILITIES TO CONSERVATIONISTS IN FOREIGN LANDS, John F. Wanamaker

ECOLOGY IN THE HIGH SCHOOL: "A NEW ATTACK ON AN OLD PROBLEM", George Cornwell

HELPING SCHOOLS STUDY WILDLIFE, John W. Brainerd

RESOURCES, PEOPLE, AND SPACE: A CRITIQUE OF THE 24TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, Durward L. Allen

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPRECIATION, C. R. Gutermuth

Published annually since 1915, the Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference provide a unique and informative record of the direction and momentum of professional natural resource management. Tracking current research and management emphases and the perspectives and approaches to meeting the challenges to sustaining and conserving North America's wildlife and their habitats, the Transactions is a valuable reference for all who deal with the complexities and intricacies of natural resource issues, policies and programs.