Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1950 



Page 110 



As of Febrary 15th. each district was made responsible for its own conservation 

 work and the services of Public Relations Assistants attached to the Regions was 

 discontinued. 



The reason behind this change was the feeling that a much more intensive 

 campaign of public education could be made by having members of staff from each 

 district take an active part in the public relations program. This would enable 

 qualified officials to speak to the public on their own particular branch of the Depart- 

 ment's work, e.g. Forest Protection, Timber Management, Fish and Wildlife, etc. 



Despite the fact that a total of eighty-five school and adult meetings less than 

 last year were held, the total attendance was nearly seventy thousand greater. 



The table (below) contains a complete record of meetings held in all Regions. 



Visual Education 



No new films were produced by the Department, but a considerable number of 

 prints of commercial films were previewed with a view to selecting films for our 

 conservation program. Few of these were fond suitable for our requirements although 

 we did purchase a copy of ;i Then It Happened" for forest fire prevention work and 

 several suited to woodlot management. 



Exhibits 



There was a considerable increase in exhibits over last year and in addition to 

 those listed in the table, this Department participated in thirty-one other exhibitions — 

 most of these were in Southern Ontario and mainly in conjunction with agricultural 

 fairs. The majority of these smaller exhibits dealt with Reforestation, Forest Protec- 

 tion and Fish and Wildlife. Officers of the Department were on hand at all exhibits 

 to answer questions on all phases of the Department's work. 



Table Xo. 23 



SUMMARY OF LECTURE TOURS 



April 1, 1949 to March 31, 1950 



MINISTERS REPORT 



