Held March 7 to 9 1960 in Dallas, Texas

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS - NATURAL RESOURCES AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS

FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson

OUR SOIL-OUR STRENGTH, Lloyd W. Lowery

CONSERVATION FROM A RANCHER'S VIEWPOINT, A. P. Atkins

TREE FARMING PAYS OFF, E. R. Wagoner

HOW CONSERVATION MEETS RECREATIONAL NEEDS, Norman Kraeft

NATURAL RESOURCES AN1D COMMUNITY VALUES

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Patrick Healey, Jr.

AMERICA THE UGLY, Bernard F. Hillenbrand

HOW CONSERVATION HELPS BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Robert B. Meyner

UPSTREAM FLOOD PROTECTION, L. L. Males

HOW FOREST LAND OWNERSHIP IN THE SOUTH AFFECTS THE COMMUNITY, Frank Heyward

MEASURES OF RESOURCE WORTH

WHERE WE STAND TODAY IN CONSERVATION, Seth Gordon

THE ECONOMIC VALUES OF CONSERVATION, Oris V. Wells

CONSERVATION FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, Joseph L. Fisher

PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS - DEPREDATIONS CONTROL SYMPOSIUM

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, James S. Lindzey

THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF BIRD DEPREDATIONS ON CROPS, Maurice L. Giltz

MANAGEMENT TO AVOID BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Robert T. Mitchell

MANAGEMENT TO AVOID WATERFOWL DEPREDATIONS, Clinton H. Lostetter

RICE CULTURE IN CHICOT COUNTY AS PERTAINING TO BLACKBIRDS, Clifton M. Powell

THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENT AND BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Harold E. Alexander

THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION IN RELATION TO BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Francis J. Williams

RESEARCH ON CONTROL OF BLACKBIRD DEPREDATIONS, James J. Lindzey

PUBLIC HEALTH IN RELATION TO BIRDS, Harold Norlin Johnson, M. D.

PROBLEM BIRDS, Carl W. Buchheister

FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN BIRD DEPREDATIONS, Lansing A. Parker

WETLANDS AND INLAND WATER RESOURiCES

WILD RICE PRODUCTION FROM NEW WETLANDS, Charles H. Stoddard

WATERFOWL FOODS IN LOUISIANA RICEFIELDS, Bobby G. Harmon, Carl H. Thomas, and Leslie Glasgow

LEAD POISONING DUCKS WINTERING ON THE DETROIT RIVER, George S. Hunt

A POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES AND AVIAN BOTULISM, Wayne L Jensen and Jack P. Allen

RACCOON PREDATION ON WATERFOWL, Leonard M. Llewelyn and Clark G. Webster

FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ON WATERSHED PROJECTS, Roy A. Grizzell, Jr.

STREAM VALUES, RECREATIONAL USE, AND PRESERVATION, Harold E. Alexander

FIELD AND FARM RESOURCES

EVALUATION OF PHEASANT NESTING HABITAT IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Carl G. Trautman

ANALYSIS OF PHEASANT NESTING IN NEBRASKA, Raymond L. Linder, David L. Lyon, and C. Phillip Agee

WATER REQUIREMENTS OF GAMBEL'S QUAIL, Charles R. Hungerford

BOBWHITE QUAIL: A PRODUCT OF LONGLEAF PINE FORESTS, Vincent H. Reid and Phil D. Goodrum

MIGRATIONAL HOMING, MO,VEMENT, AND MORTALITY OF MOURNING DOVES, Roy E. Tomlinson, Howard M. Wight, and Thomas S. Baskett

IMPORTANCE OF FOOD TO COTTONTAIL WINTER MORTALITY, Rexford D. Lord and David A. Casteel, Jr.

PESTICIDAL RESIDUES IN ANIMAL TISSUES, James B. DeWitt, Calvin M. Menzie, Vyto A. Adomaitis, and William L. Reichel

COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES

METHODS OF ENUMERATING SALMON IN ALASKA, Richard R. Straty

OIL POLLUTION OF THE SEAS, Lester A. Giles and John Livingston

PROBLEMS OF WHALE CONSERVATION, Richard M. Laws

ROLE OF ESTUARINE WATERS IN GULF FISHERIES, Bernard E. Skud and William 8. Wilson

ABUNDANCE OF ST. JOHNS RIVER SHAD, Charles H. Walburg

MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN AN OFFSHORE FISHERY, Lee F. Brackett

PACIFIC SALMON IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS, Allan C. Hartt

FOREST AND RANGE RESOURCES

TRAPPING, IMMOBILIZING AND COLOR-MARKING GRIZZLY BEARS, John J. Craighead, Maurice Hornocker, Wesley Woodgerd, and Frank C. Craighead, Jr.

AN EVALUATION OF COLORADO'S ACCESS PROBLEMS, Keith G. Hay

EFFECTS OF RIGHTS OF WAY TECHNIQUES ON VEGETATION, Dale Howard Arner

A SALABLE APPROACH TO THE CATTLE-ELK COMPETITION PROBLEM, Dale A, Jones

SEASONAL MOVEMENTS AND BREEDING BEHAVIOR OF SAGE GROUSE IN IDAHO, Paul D. Dalke, Duane B. Pyrah, Don C. Stanton, John E. Crawford, and Edward Sclatterer

BROWSING AND STAND REGENERATION IN CLEAR- AND SELECTIVELY-CUT HARDWOODS, Thomas H. Ripley and Robert A. Campbell

RECENT ADVANCES IN THE FIELD IMMOBILIZATION OF LARGE MAMMALS, Helmut K. Beuchner, A. M. Harthoom, and John A. Lock

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION

NATURAL RESOURCES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS IN EUROPE, Walter P. Taylor

WHY MORE ECONOMISTS ARE NOT CONSERVATIONISTS, Gilbert Banner

SUCCESSES, PITFALLS, AND TECHNIQUES IN WILDLIFE TELEVISION, Douglas L. Gilbert

EMERGING GOALS FOR RESOURCE-USE EDUCATION, George L. Fersh

KEEPING THE CHILD IN TOUCH WITH THE EARTH, Alfred G. Etter

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AND THE CUSTOMER, Stanley A. Cain

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND EDUCATION IN THE WILDLIFE FIELD, Robert D. Calkins

NATURAL RESOURCES AND AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP: A CRITIQUE OF THE 25TH NORTH AMERICAN NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE CONFERENCE, W. Winston Mair

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, C. R. Gutermuth

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