This paper is a case study report on the 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expe dition. The climbers were asked to evaluate each other on the basis of three statements reflecting (a) personal friendship, (b) mountaineering expertise, and (c) responsibility and reliability at pre, mid and post expedition dates. Following two tragic accidents six of the fifteen climbers left the expedition. There were significant differences in interpersonal evaluations between some members of the group who stayed and some members of the group who left. The group who left lowered their evaluations of the leader in particular. The leader's autocratic style was not perceived by some climbers to always be appropriate to the situation prior to the accidents. Once the group was reduced in size and personality conflicts between some who stayed and some who left were eliminated, along with several other situational factors, the leader's style changed and was seen as more appropriate to the situation and the life cycle of the group. Emotional reactions to the directives of the leader were seen as a major factor in evaluating his decisions.

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It is proposed that the traditional interdisciplinary nature of the agricultural sciences be extended and integrated with management sciences pertaining to other renewable natural resources. Current conflicts between agriculturalists and environmentalists demonstrate the need for professionals whose educational background gives them an understanding of the issues involved. Policy decisions regarding the activities of renewable resource industries, compatible with sustainable development and the maintenance of environmental quality, demand that those making the decisions be knowledgeable about the industries involved, as well as understand environmental impacts. Similarly, those whose principal concerns are for wilderness and interface areas should be better informed for the optimum management of those areas with an understanding of underlying agricultural principles of animal and plant production. It is for these reasons that there should be a consolidation of faculties of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, together with the units that have developed on most campuses to address such areas as environmental studies, water conservation, wildlife management, waste management, land use planning, landscape architecture, and bioresource engineering.