1. The North American model of wildlife conservation : setting the stage for evaluation / Shane P. Mahoney, Valerius Geist, and Paul R. Krausman
2. North American ecological history as the foundation of the model / Valerius Geist and Shane P. Mahoney
3. The social context for the emergence of the North American model / John Sandlos
4. The great early champions / James Peek
5. Critical legislative and institutional underpinnings of the North American model / James L. Cummins
6. The landscape conservation movement / William Porter and Kathryn Frens
7. Hunting and vested interest as the spine of the North American model / James R. Heffelfinger and Shane P. Mahoney
8. Science and the North American model : edifice of knowledge, exemplar for conservation / James A. Schaefer
9. North American waterfowl management : an example of a highly effective international treaty arrangement for wildlife conservation / Shane P. Mahoney
10. Private-public collaboration and institutional successes in North American conservation / John F. Organ
11. Social, economic, and ecological challenges to the North American model of wildlife conservation / Leonard A. Brennan, David G. Hewitt, and Shane P. Mahoney
12. A comparison of the North American model to other conservation approaches / Rosie Cooney
13. The model in transition : from proactive leadership to reactive conservation / Shane P. Mahoney