Held March 8 to 10 1965 in Washington, D. C.

Contents

PART I - GENERAL SESSIONS

PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESOURCE POLICY

FORMAL OPENING, C. R. Gutermuth

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Ernest Brooks

FIRST THINGS FIRST, Ira N. Gabrielson

RESOURCES OF PEOPLE, Thomas H. Kuchel

SIGNIFICANCE OF EFFECTIVE RESOURCE USE, Ford T. Shepherd

RESOURCES OF GOVERNMENT, Hubert H. Humphrey

REMARKS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET, MARCH 9

TODAY'S OPPORTUNITIES - TOMORROW'S NEEDS

RESOURCES AND MAN'S FUTURE, E. A. Cote

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR TOMORROW'S NEEDS, Ernest J. Nesius

NEW CONCEPTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING, Edward G. Pleva

CONSERVATION FOR CITY AND COUNTY, Charles H. W. Foster

PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS

INLAND, COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, W. Mason Lawrence

RADIOISOTOPE TECHNIQUES IN FISHERY RESEARCH, T. R. Rice

PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS IN STREAM PRESERVATION, Harold E. Alexander

FIFTY-SEVEN SPECIES OF FISH IN OIL-REFINERY WASTE BIO-ASSAY, William H. Irwin

COORDINATED SANDHILL CRANE STUDY IN THE CENTRAL FLYWAY, Raymond J. Buller and Erwin L. Beeker

POND CULTURE OF OYSTERS-PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, William N. Shaw

DIFFERENTIAL VULNERABILITY OF MALE AND FEMALE CANVASBACKS TO HUNTING, David P. Olson

BROWSE PREFERENCES OF PRONGHORN ANTELOPE IN SOUTHWESTERN UTAH, Arthur D. Smith, Donald M. Beale, and Dean D. Doell

DISEASE, NUTRITION AND CONTROL

A SERIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF WILD POPULATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS, R. S. Cook, D. 0. Trainer, W. C. Glazener and B. D. Nassif

CEREBROSPINAL NEMATODIASIS (PNEUMOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS) IN NORTH AMERICAN CERVIDS, Roy C. Anderson

KOREAN HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, John E. Scanlon

SARCOSPORIDIOSIS IN DUCKS IN LOUISIANA, Robert H. Chabreck

HOST-PARASITE INTERRELATIONSHIPS IN RODENT BOT FLY INFECTIONS, E. P. Catts

AN APPROACH TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE OF DEER, J. G. Debbie, H. C. Rowsell, L. H. Karstad and J. Ditchfield

THE USE OF EXPLORATORY SURGERY TO MEASURE PRODUCTIVITY IN A POPULATION OF MAMMALS, Lowell Adams

WATERFOWL RESOURCES

WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT IN CANADA, David A. Munro

WATERFOWL RESEARCH - ACCOMPLISHMENTS, NEEDS, OBJECTIVES, H. Albert Hochbaum

WATERFOWL SPECIES MANAGEMENT: PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS, Walter F. Crissey

WATERFOWL HABITAT UNDER U. S. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS, D. A. Williams

PRIVATE CLUBS AND THE WATERFOWL RESOURCE, Walter T. Shannon

WATERFOWL CONSERVATION IN MEXICO, Rodolfo Hernandez Corzo

WATERFOWL HABITAT PRESERVATION, John S. Gottschalk

FOREST AND RANGE RESOURCES

DEER NUTRITION RESEARCH IN RANGE MANAGEMENT, Donald R. Dietz

BRUSH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED FORAGE VALUES IN SOUTH TEXAS, Thadis W. Box and Jeff Powell

DEER-BROWSE PRODUCTION AND TIMBER-STAND IMPROVEMENT IN NORTHERN HARDWOODS, James S. Jordan, Donald Hagar and William M. Stiteler, Jr.

WILDLIFE IN A MULTIPLE USE PROGRAM, Frank W. Stanton

RESPONSE.OF KAIBAB MULE DEER TO RESEEDED FOREST AND MEADOW, Charles R. Hungerford

FEEDING COACTIONS BETWEEN SNOWSHOE HARES AND WHITE-TAILED DEER IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Theodore A. Bookhout

BREEDING DENSITY, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS, AND MORTALITY OF ROCK PTARMIGAN AT EAGLE CREEK, CENTRAL ALASKA, Robert B. Weeden

FIELD AND FARM RESOURCES

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL NEST BOXES ON A GRAY SQUIRREL POPULATION, F. S. Barkalow, Jr., and R. F. Soots, Jr.

PROBLEMS OF MULTIFLORA ROSE SPREAD AND CONTROL, Robert F. Scott

ASPECTS OF ANIMAL MOVEMENT AND HOME RANGE DATA OBTAINED BY TELEMETRY, John R. Tester and Donald B. Siniff

METHODS FOR ESTIMATING MICROTINE ABUNDANCE, Don W. Hayne and Daniel Q. Thompson

THE RELATION OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR TO WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, A. W. Stokes and D. F. Balph

REGULATION OF PHEASANT DENSITY THROUGH NEST ABANDONMENT IN SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, Raymond L. Linder and C. Philip Agee

MORAL, ETHICAL, AND FISCAL ASPECTS OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, Justin W. Leonard

CONSERVATION INFORMATION AND EDUCATION

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Keith G. Hay

THE ROLE OF NEWSPAPERS IN PROJECTING CONSERVATION THOUGHT, Edward J. Meeman

BROADENING THE BASE OF CITIZEN SUPPORT FOR CONSERVATION, Frank Gregg

OVERCOMING PUBLIC APATHY IN FINANCING OUTDOOR RECREATION, Henry Ray King

CONSERVATION AND THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING INDUSTRY, Jay McMullen

CONSERVATION, A USEFUL ADVERTISING TOOL, Thomas G. Watson

NATURAL AREAS AS SCHOOL CONSERVATION EDUCATION AIDS, John W. Brainerd

TO EACH HIS OWN - TAILORING INFORMATION PROGRAMS TO FIT THE AUDIENCE, Dick H. Schaffer

A NEW CONSERVATION FOR AN URBAN AMERICA - An Appraisal of the 30th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Maurice K. Goddard

CLOSING REMARKS, C. R. Gutermuth

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