INTRODUCTION 



This report is a summary of the findings of a survey made in 1959 

 to determine the conservation-education needs of the U. S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. The survey was prompted by a realization that if we 

 are to meet tomorrow's challenges in the field of fish and wildlife 

 conservation we must have public understanding and support of the Serv- 

 ice's programs. 



A conservation-education questionnaire was sent in April 1959 "to 

 each of the 6&h field stations of the Service (copy of the questionnaire 

 is appended to this report; see pages 17-20). Completed questionnaires 

 were returned by 4l6 (6l percent) of the stations. In the Bureau of 

 Commercial Fisheries, kk percent of the 139 stations responded; in the 

 Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, 65 percent of the 5^+5 stations 

 responded. These expressions from the field are important inasmuch as 

 a long-range plan to accelerate conservation education is being prepared, 

 aimed at the field level where public contacts are greatest, and conse- 

 quently field personnel will play an important role in any planning. 



Answers to the questionnaire were analyzed and siommarized by Charles 

 W. Luscher, of the Bureau of Land Management, as a management trainee 

 project. The data were consolidated in the Office of Information into 

 the following report. 



The data are given according to Bureaus axid Divisions, with a siom- 

 mary for the Service as a whole. 



