CONSERVATION 



INFORMATION 



SECTION 



The Section worked through many media during the past 

 fiscal year to disseminate intormation on the protection and 

 management ot the renewable, natural resources under the 

 Department's administration. 



RELEASES 



A newsletter of several pages circulated Department news 

 and regulations every week in a form easily adapted by out- 

 side agencies. The mailing list of 4,042 included all news- 

 papers, broadcasting stations and outdoor writers in 

 Ontario, as well as magazines, trade papers, forest industries, 

 conservation groups, recreational clubs, and a number of 

 writers and commentators outside the province. 



The French translation of the newsletter had a weekly 

 circulation of 185. 



News of more than normal urgency was supplied directly 

 to important news outlets. 



Conservation Copy provided additional material for 

 writers and publications in season, while Conservation Spots 

 supplied public service announcements to broadcasters. 



Special appeals were prepared for news media to enlist 

 public support of Department programs, principally in forest 

 fire prevention and hunter safety. 



Other editorial services increased the concentration of 

 conservation messages. Articles and background material 

 were prepared for outside agencies on request. Speech 

 material was prepared for Department personnel invited to 

 address public meetings or speak on broadcast programs. 



SERVICES 



During the year, 36,200 answers were returned by mail to 

 persons requesting information on Crown land, outdoor 

 recreation, nature study, forest tree planting, and forest 

 industry. In addition, numerous requests were answered by 

 telephone. 



The Photograph Library loaned 9,500 black-and-white 

 prints and 1,000 colour transparencies to newspapers and 

 magazines. Sets of slides or prints were supplied on request 

 to illustrate lectures. The library now has 40,000 negatives 

 and 5,500 colour transparencies. 



Section photographers took photographs on assignment 

 and supplied prints from the darkroom. 



The Reference Library circulated periodicals and press 

 clippings. 



To call for tenders on timber cutting, etc., 171 advertise- 

 ments were placed in 34 newspapers and three class maga- 

 zines during the year. 



NEW PERIODICAL 



The first issue of "Your Forests" was released in July, 1968, 

 with plans for further publication two or three times per 

 year in support of the forestry program administered 

 through Reforestation Section under The Woodlands Im- 

 provement Act. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS 



Scientific papers, management reports, training manuals, 

 consolidations of Acts, and Provincial Park leaflets are not 

 included in the following list of publications released dur- 

 ing the past fiscal year. 



FISH AND WILDLIFE 

 Fishes of Ontario ($2.50) (revised) 



Sport Fishes of Ontario ($1.00) (wall chart, revised) 



The Deer Hunt in Ontario 



The Moose Hunt in Ontario 



The Spring Bear Hunt in Ontario 



The Ontario Ruffed Grouse Report, 1964-7 



The Game and Fish Act and the Ontario Fishery Regulations 



Summary of the Ontario Fishery Regulations 



Summary of the Ontario Hunting Regulations 



Provisional Summary of Big Came Hunting Seasons 

 in Ontario 



Summary of the Ontario Regulations Which Apply to 

 Trapping and Fur Dealing 



OUTDOOR RECRE.ATION 



Hunter's Handbook, Part I 



Instructors' Guide in HunterTraining 



Data on Hunting Accidents 



The Ten Commandments of Hunter Safety (revised) 



Why Hunter Safety Training? (revised) 



The Ontario Outdoorsmans Manual ($0.25) (revised) 



PROVINCIAL PARKS 



Provincial Parks of Ontario (revised) 



Check-List of the Mammals of Algonquin Provincial Park 

 (revised) 



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