518,100 Daily Permits, 369,230 Campsite Permits and 291,400 Fur Seals were 

 distributed by this subsection. 



UNIFORM STOCKROOM 



The Department's Uniform Stockroom is also located in this Section. A stock 

 of replacement uniform articles is carried and issues are shipped to personnel as 

 authorized by requisitions. 



CONSERVATION INFORMATION SECTION 



The Section disseminates information on the protection and management of 

 the renewable, natural resources under the Department's administration. It works 

 through many media to bring to as many people as possible a better understanding 

 of Lands and Forests policies and conservation principles. 



NEWS 



The Lands and Forests news release is mailed every week to all newspapers 

 and all radio and television stations in Ontario. Its circulation of 2,260 includes 

 class magazines, outdoor writers, conservation groups and hunters' and anglers' 

 clubs and associations. It delivers Department news and regulations and informed 

 opinion in a form easily adapted by outside agencies. The use of news release 

 material by outdoor writers and commentators in the United States contributes 

 importantly to Ontario's tourist trade. 



Professional and public service groups are concerned to secure public notice 

 through the news release's advance listing of conventions and other events of 

 interest to sportsmen, naturalists, conservationists and professions and industries 

 which touch upon Lands and Forests administration. 



News of more than normal urgency is carried by spot press releases which 

 go directly to important news outlets. 



CORRESPONDENCE 



During the past fiscal year, the Section returned 32,000 answers by mail to 

 persons requesting information on such subjects as hunting and fishing regulations, 

 camping facilities, tourist accommodations, summer cottage properties, conser- 

 vation, and the purchase and planting of forest tree seedlings. Many requests came 

 from students and teachers who asked for information of a scientific nature. 



In addition, the Section answered numerous requests for information in person 

 and over the telephone. 



PHOTOGRAPHS 



The Section loaned approximately 9,200 black-and-white prints to newspapers 

 and magazines during the past fiscal year; it also loaned cuts to publishers and 

 transparencies to lecturers. 



The Section operates a darkroom and a photograph library which contains 

 approximately 38,000 negatives and 3,800 colour transparencies. Standard 8"x 10" 

 prints are supplied immediately or at short notice. Sets of slides or prints are 

 supplied to illustrate lectures on fish, trees and shrubs. 



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