THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST____________________Volume 113, Number 1 1999

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: RegionalUation 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