Held March 11 to 13 1946 in New York, New York

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS

Public Projects and Wildlife Welfare

ADDRESS OF WELCOME, Frederic C. Walcott

PAN-AMERICAN CONSERVATION, Hoyes Lloyd and William Vogt

MANAGEMENT OF CANADA'S WILDLIFE RESOURCES, Harrison F. Lewis

GAME PRESERVATION AND REGULATIONS IN FRENCH COLONIES (AFRICA), Francois Edmond Blanc

WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT TIME IS IT?, E. Sydney Stephens

WHAT IS COMING FOR WILDLIFE?, Ira N. Gabrielson

FORESTS AND FOREST WILDLIFE IN THE POSTWAR ERA, Lyle F. Watts

WILDLIFE GAINS THROUGH SOIL CONSERVATION, Hugh H. Bennett

Waterfowl Forum

REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN, A. Willis Robertson

THE PROBLEM OF INCREASED HUNTING PRESSURE ON WATERFOWL, Albert M. Day

PROBLEM OF COMMERCIALIZED' WATERFOWLING, Nash Buckingham

Education in Wildlife Conservation

URGENCY OF CONSERVATION EDUCATION, Fairfield Osborn

CONSERVATION AND INFORMED PUBLIC OPINION, Nicholas Roosevelt

CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY, Robert C. Clothier

CONSERiATION EDUCATION IN THE SCHOOL, F. Olin Capps

MUTUALLY ESSENTIAL CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND RURAL EDUCATION, E. Laurence Palmer

EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE FISH AND WILDLIFE FIELD, David B. Turner

CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND THE SPORTSMAN, Herman Forster

CONSERVATION EDUCATION THROUGH THE VISUAL AIDS, Frank Dufresne

THE RADIO AND CONSERVATION EDUCATION, John Kieran

Modern Demands on Wildlife

ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MEETING INCREASED WILDLIFE DEMANDS, Seth Gordon

LAND USE AND MODERN PRESSURES ON WILDLIFE, Leonard Hall

INCREASED HUNTING PRESSURE AND HUMAN WELFARE, Francis W. Parker, Jr.

LEGISLATION AND MODERN WILDLIFE DEMANDS, Carl D. Shoemaker

PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Agricultural Lands and Wildlife

AN APPRAISAL OF PHEASANT ABUNDANCE IN NEW YORK STATE DURING 1945 AND SOME OF THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECENT DECLINE, Robert F. Perry

COLORADO'S DUCK-DAMAGE, GRAIN-CROP PROBLEM, J. V. K. Wagar

PRIMENESS, CONDITION AND FUR VALUES, David B. Cook and W. J. Hamilton, Jr.

UPLAND GAME BIRDS IN RELATION TO CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE, Ben Glading

VITAMIN A, VITAL FACTOR IN THE SURVIVAL OF BOB-WHITES, Ralph B. Nestler

A FOREST MAMMAL MOVES TO THE FARM - THE PORCUPINE, Donald A. Spencer

EDGE EFFECT AS IT APPLIES TO SMALL MAMMALS ON SOUTHERN MICHIGAN FARMLAND, J. P. Linduska

Marine Habitats and Wildlife

SOME EFFECTS OF THE WAR ON THE WILDLIFE OF MICRONESIA, Rollin H. Baker

THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF FISH, SHRIMP, AND OYSTERS OF THE UNDERWATER EXPLOSION OF HEAVY CHARGES OF DYNAMITE, James Nelson Gowanloch and John E. McDougall

CURRENT WORK OF THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION, Wayne D. Heydecker

PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF THE SHAD ("ALOSA SAPIDISSIMA") CATCH IN THE LOWER CONNECTICUT RIVER, 1944, Douglas D. Moss

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WINTER FLOUNDER ("PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS") AND ITS BEARING ON MANAGEMENT POSSIBILITIES, Alfred Perlmutter

FISHERY MANAGEMENT IN MARYLAND, R. E. Tiller

CONSERVATION OF WHALES - A WORLD-WIDE PROJECT, H. J. Deason

Range and Forest Lands and Wildlife

CONTROLLED ANTELOPE HUNTS AND SOME PROBLEMS OF ADMINISTERING PUBLIC HUNTING, Daniel W. Lay

SOME ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE MISSOURI WILD TURKEY STUDIES, Paul D. Dalke and David L. Spencer

RUFFED GROUEE CENSUSING IN WEST-CENTRAL CONNECTICUT, William John Frank

THE PRESENT STATUS OF MOOSE ON ISLE ROYALE, Shaler E. Aldous and Laurits W. Krefting

CRUDE PROTEIN DETERMINATION OF DEER FOOD AS AN APPLIED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE, Arthur S. Einarsen

COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN VIRGINIA, Cecil F. DeLaBarre

EFFECTS OF DDT ON WILDLIFE IN A MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOTTOM WOODLAND, Leo K. Couch

Advances in Wildlife Technique

COVER MAPPING FOR FOREST AN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN CONNECTICUT, Milton C. Arnold

THE SPORTSMAN'S QUESTIONNAIRE METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE GAME KILL IN INDIANA, Wm. B. Barn es

CENSUSING A DEER HERD BY SAMPLING METHODS, F. P. Cronemiller and G. A. Fischer

WILDLIFE SAMPLING BY SOIL TYPES, Bill T. Crawford

THE TRAPPING AND TRANSPLANTING OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP IN COLORADO, Gilbert N. Hunter, Theodor R. Swen , and George W. Jones

AN INTENSIVE METHOD OF DETERMINING HUNTER NUMBERS AND ACTIVITIES, Willet N. Wandell

SEED STOCK REFUGE INVESTIGATION, James S. Bishop

Fresh Waters, Marshes and Wildlife

A WATERFOWL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE GRAND PRAIRIE REGION OF ARKANSAS, Arthur S. Hawkins, Frank C. Bellrose, Jr., and Robert H. Smith

RECOVERY POTENTIALS IN NORTH AMERICAN WATERFOWL, H. Albert Hochbaum

THE CHAUTAUQUA LAKE MUSKELLUNGE: RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO A SPORT FISHERY, Cecil Heacox

FISH POPULATIONS IN UNMANAGED IMPOUNDMENTS, Aden C. Bauman

ADVANCEMENTS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON INDIAN LANDS, Laurits W. Krefting

IMPLICATIONS OF A GOOSE CONCENTRATION, William H. Elder

PITTMAN-ROBERTSON PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROSPECTS, R. M. Rutherford

MUSKRATS, DUCK PRODUCTION AND MARSH MANAGEMENT, B. W. Cartwright

Wildlife in Business

TRADING IN RAW FURS, Alexander T. Macleod

BEING FRIENDS, J. L. Alphen

MEETING THE DEMANDS OF THE FUTURE ANGLER, John M. Holmes

THE GOOSE AND THE GOLDEN EGG, Charles Edward Gillham

BIG BUSINESS KNOCKS AT THE GAME BREEDER'S DOOR, C. L. Sibley

WHAT RAT CONTROL MEANS TO BUSINESS, James W. Johnston, Jr.

THE CAMERA AND CONSERVATION, Harris B. Tuttle and William H. Scott

FUR FARMING - A PROFITABLE WILDLIFE BUSINESS, Frank G. Ashbrook

SUMMARIZATION OF THE ELEVENTH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, Rodolf Bennitt

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