Held March 22 to 25 1970 in Chicago, Illinois

Contents

PART I - OPENING GENERAL SESSION - WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE ENVIRONMENT

FORMAL OPENING, Ira N. Gabrielson

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Frederick C. Pullman

FILTH IN LAKE AND SEA, E. W. Seabrook Hull

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION, Cecil H. Wadleigh

PROGRAM OF THE COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Russell E. Train

PART II - TECHNICAL SESSIONS - DISEASE, NUTRITION, AND CONTROLS

EVALUATING WINTER DEER USE OF ORCHARDS IN WESTERN COLORADO, John D. Harder

CHEMICAL CONTROL OF PIGEON REPRODUCTION, J. L. Schortemeyer and S. L. Beckwith

REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE IN BROWN PELICANS ON THE PACIFIC COAST, James O. Keith, Leon A. Woods, Jr., and Eldridge G. Hunt

ECOLOGY OF WATERFOWL BOTULISM TOXIN PRODUCTION, Brian F. Hunter

REMOTE SENSING - A PANEL

MONITORING MIGRATORY BIRD HABITAT BY REMOTE SENSING METHODS, Harvey K. Nelson, A. T. Klett, and W. G. Burge

FOREST AND RANGE RESOURCES

PREDATION BY BLACK-BACKED JACKALS ON NEW-BORN BLESBOK LAMBS, S. S. du Plessis

FACTORS INFLUENCING RUFFED GROUSE POPULATIONS, Gordon W. Gullion

FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF WIND AS AN ECOLOGICAL AND THERMAL FORCE, Deborah Stevens and Aaron N. Moen

WINTER FLUCTUATIONS IN SIZE OF HOME RANGE OF THE RED SQUIRREL, D. L. Zirul and W. A. Fuller

THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION - A PANEL

REMARKS OF THE MODERATOR, Thadis W. Box

THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION - AN EASTERNER'S VIEW, Philip Hoff

EMERGING TRENDS AND POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FROM THE STUDY PROGRAM OF THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION, Hamilton K. Pyles

THE STUDIES OF THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION: THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE WESTERN STATES, John A. Biggs

FIELD AND FARM RESOURCES

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Roy E. Tomlinson

ACCELERATED RESEARCH ON MIGRATORY WEBLESS GAME BIRDS, Duncan MacDonald and Thomas R. Evans

A PROPOSED BAND-TAILED PIGEON CENSUS - A MANAGEMENT NEED, Daniel M. Keppie, Howard M. Wight, and W. Scott Overton

WHITE-WINGED DOVE NESTING COLONIES IN NORTHEASTERN MEXICO, David R. Blankinship

CHARACTERISTICS OF A HEAVILY HUNTED WOODCOCK POPULATION IN WEST VIRGINIA, William H. Goudy, Robert C. Kletzly, and Joseph C. Rieffenberger

RUFFED GROUSE: AN INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, John B. Lewis

EFFECTS OF SAGEBRUSH CONTROL ON SAGE GROUSE, Harold D. Carr and Fred A. Glover

THE ECOLOGY OF THE WILD-TRAPPED AND TRANSPLANTED RING-NECKED PHEASANT NEAR CENTRE HALL, PENNSYLVANIA, James E. Meyers

COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Russell A. Cookingham

OREGON'S ALBACORE RESEARCH PROJECT, Daniel A. Panshin

BLACK BRANT ON THE MAINLAND COAST OF MEXICO, Robert H. Smith and G. Hortin Jensen

LONG-RANGE PLANNING FOR GREAT LAKES RESOURCES, James T. McFadden

MASSACHUSETTS ESTUARINE RESEARCH AND PROTECTION PROGRAMS, Arthur P. Chesmore and Allen E. Peterson, Jr.

ESTUARIES AND THE ECOLOGY OF SHOREBIRDS, John Smail

EVALUATION OF A LEVEED LOUISIANA MARSH, Edward Ray Smith

OPERATIONS SINCE 1963 UNDER MONTANA'S STREAM PRESERVATION LAW, John C. Peters

WATERFOWL RESOURCES

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Carl R. Noren

THE MIGRATORY WATERFOWL PROGRAM IN CANADA, John S. Tener and Alan G. Loughrey

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Carl R. Noren

WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT IN THE SEVENTIES, John S. Gottschalk and Allan T. Studholme

THE STATES' VIEWS ON WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT, John R. Woodworth

WILDFOWLING AND THE LAW, H. Albert Hochbaum

WETLANDS PRESERVATION-MANAGEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA, Dale E. Whitesell

EVALUATION OF THE 1968-1969 EXPERIMENTAL MALLARD DRAKE SEASON IN MONTANA, WYOMING AND COLORADO, Jack R. Grieb, Howard D. Funk, Richard M. Hopper George F. Wrakestraw, and Dale Witt

CONSERVATION COMMUNICATIONS

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Max Schnepf

THE ECOLOGY OF THE NEW CONSERVATION, Clay Schoenfeld

THE COMMUNICATOR'S ROLE IN RESOURCE DECISIONS, Marvin Zeldin

ATTITUDES AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT WILDLIFE, David L. Erickson

ESTABLISHING OBJECTIVES AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS, Allan Murray

COMMUNICATING CONSERVATION THROUGH MAGAZINES, George Laycock

ROLE OF THE OUTDOOR WRITER IN COMMUNICATING CONSERVATION, Roger M. Latham

"HOW MANY OF YOU DRIVE WHALES?" A PLAN FOR CONSERVATION EDUCATION ACTION, W. Jane Westenberger

PART III - GENERAL SESSION - THE FIGHT FOR A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT

REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN, Werner A. Baum

RESPONSIBILITY OF INDUSTRY IN ENVIRONMENT, Karl R. Bendetsen

MAN'S STAKE IN A GOOD ENVIRONMENT AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROGRAM OF THE 35TH NORTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERENCE, WITH COMMENTS ON SIGNIFICANT TRENDS AND PRO.BABLE DEVELOPMENTS, Daniel L. Leedy

CLOSING REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, C. R. Gutermuth

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