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 9,000 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 37,000 negatives and 3,700 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. 



APPEALS 



Special appeals are prepared for news media to enlist public support of Lands 

 and Forests programmes, principally in forest fire prevention and hunter safety. 



Special material is prepared and distributed to schools with the approval of 

 the Department of Education. A textbook cover, "Some Ontario Game Birds", 

 was awarded Third Prize in the continent-wide competition concluded at the 1963 

 annual meeting of the American Association for Conservation Information. 



During the past fiscal year, 150 advertisements were placed in 63 newspapers 

 to call for tenders on timber cutting, etc. 



EDITORIAL SERVICE 



The concentration of conservation messages is increased by services per- 

 formed for outside agencies. Articles are written on request for newspapers and 

 magazines when the subject is related to some aspect of Lands and Forests opera- 

 tions. Background material is prepared on request for outside writers and com- 

 mentators. Speech material is sometimes prepared for Department personnel who 

 are invited to address meetings of sports clubs, conservation groups and service 

 organizations. 



LIBRARY 



The Section's reference library contains copies of all Lands and Forests pub- 

 lications and a variety of books, periodicals and press clippings; it includes early 

 reports and legislative journals dating from 1856. 



Publications 



Lands and Forests books, booklets, leaflets and folders cover many fields of 

 interest to the general public and to special groups. As new material becomes 

 available, new publications are issued and earlier releases are revised. 



In the following listing of Lands and Forests publications, * indicates publications 

 issued during the 1962-63 fiscal year. 



CONSERVATION AUTHORITIES 



Conservation Authorities Act 

 Conservation Reports 

 Conservation Authorities in Ontario 

 * Conservation Badges 



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