Includes bibliographical references and index.

Natural resource conservation and management: past, present and future -- Economics and ethics: foundations of a sustainable future -- Lessons from ecology -- The human population problem -- The nature of soils -- Soil conservation and the American farm -- Sustainable solutions to world hunger -- Water -- Water pollution -- Fresh water fisheries management -- Coastlands, estuaries, and oceans -- Rangeland management -- Forest management -- Wildlife extinction -- Wildlife management -- Pesticides: protecting our crops, our health, and our environment -- Managing our wastes: a sustainable approach -- Air pollution -- Air pollution: global problems -- Minerals, mining, and a sustainable society -- Nonrenewable energy sources: issues and options -- Creating a sustainable system of energy: efficiency and renewable energy.