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A Passion for Wildlife: A History of the Canadian Wildlife Service, 1947-1997

Special issue of the Canadian Field-Naturalist (vol. 113, no. 1)
by J. ALEXANDER BURNETT

Preface	1
Chapter 1. Exercising Dominion: The Genesis of Canadian Wildlife
Policy	4
1947-1952: Setting the Wildlife Service Agenda	15
Chapter 2. Enforcing the Migratory Birds Convention Act	19
1952-1957: Staking Out the Territory	31
Chapter 3. Working with Birds	35
1957-1962: A Broader Mission	54
Chapter 4. Working with Mammals	59
1962-1967: Building a National Wildlife Program	80
Chapter 5. Working with Fish	83
1967-1972: Policy Implementation	89
Chapter 6. Habitat Programs: Protecting Space for Wildlife	92
1972-1977: Regionalization	105
Chapter 7. Telling the Wildlife Story	108
1977-1982: Consolidation	119
Chapter 8. Wildlife Toxicology	121
1982-1987: Building Partnerships	136
Chapter 9. Endangered Species	139
1987-1992: Going Green	154
Chapter 10. Defining the Rules: Wildlife Governance	156
1992-1997: The Challenges of Change	169
Epilogue: CWS A Work Still in Progress	172
About the Author	177
Editor's Afterword	177
Selected Index	178
Selected Publications 1947-1997, from Work by the Canadian Wildlife Service — ANTHONY J. ERSKINE	184
Mailing date of this issue: 31 March 1999

ISSN: 0008-3550