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Selection and Placement 



As of December 1st, 1947, Air. K. Acheson, Regional Forester of the Western 

 Region, moved his headquarters from Sioux Lookout to Kenora. By Circular 

 M-17, issued January 9th, 1948, E. L. Ward, Regional Forester of the Northern 

 Region, was transferred to North Bay as Regional Forester of the Central 

 Region, and A. S. Bray, District F"orester of the Cochrane District, was trans- 

 ferred to Kapuskasing as Regional Forester of the Northern Region as well as 

 District Forester of Cochrane and Kapuskasing Districts. 



As of March 1st, 1948, J. M. Whalen was appointed District Forester at 

 Chapleau, and F. J. Dawson was appointed District Forester for the new District 

 of Timiskaming. 



Information' and Education 



Public interest in the conservation of natural resources is increasing con- 

 stantly, as indicated b)' the number of enquiries b\- letter, telephone and per- 

 sonal calls. 



The Information and Txlucation office concentrated again in the past >ear 

 in appeals for greater care on the part of the public in the pre\-ention of forest 

 fires and observance of fish and game laws. 



Publications 



Ten new booklets were published during the year, and ten others were 

 reprinted with revisions. Six issues of the magazine Sylva, The Lands and 

 Forests Review, were issued bi-monthl\-, as compared with quarterh- in the 

 previous year. 



Lecture Tours 



Lecture tours were again successful in furthering the interests of conserva- 

 tion to the public. 



One picture, "Timagami Ranger", produced in the previous year, was made 

 available for ])ublic showing. 



Pictures available from outside sources on the subject of fish and wildlife 

 are lacking in an\- real appeal for conservation. 



The following table gives the record of lecture tours during the past >ear. 

 It will be noted that our pictures were shown to approximately (159,975), nearly 

 twice as man\- people as in the previous year (83,471). 



