Table of Contents 



Keynote Address : 



Alvin Josephy, Jr., Director and Senior Consultant, 

 American Heritage Pubiisining Company, New York 7 



"The National Demands for Western Resources" 15 



"A Challenge to Outdoor Communicators": Dr. Robert 



F. Wambach, Director, Montana Department of Fish, 



Wildlife and Parks 16 



"The Overthrust Belt is Next--A Newspaperman's 

 Perspective": William Ritz, Energy Writer, Denver Post.... 21 



"Water for Energy and Agriculture": Hubert G. White, 



former president. National Water Resources Association.... 24 



"National Energy Needs: The Impact on Western 



Ranchers": Don Bailey, Forsyth, Montana 28 



"How the West Has Fared, What the Future Holds": 

 Dorothy Bradley, Vice Chairperson, National Public 

 Lands Advisory Council 34 



"Water, Our Next Crisis in the West?" 41 



"Resource Needs Versus Development Needs": 



John Baughman, Wyoming Game and Fish Department 41 



"Slurry Pipelines in Our Future": Fred Eiserman, Energy 

 Systems Transport, Inc., Casper, Wyoming 46 



"Water Priorities and Transportation": John Willard, 

 Regional Managei — Public Relations, Burlington Northern, 

 Inc., Billings, Montana 48 



"The Value of Instream Flow": Willie Day, former Montana 

 Legislator, Glendive, Montana 53 



"Water Issues and the Fisherman": Harry Miller, 



National Vice Chairman, Trout Unlimited 59 



"The Sagebrush Rebellion" 63 



"The U.S. Bureau of Land Management Perspective": 



Frank Gregg, Director, BLM, Washington, D.C 64 



