services. 



Our clipping file contains over 400 individual files, with an estimate 

 of more than 30,000 clippings per year. 



Articles 



A great many articles were provided to newspapers issuing special 

 editions and conslderaole assistance given to writers seeking information 

 for feature articles. 

 Advertisements 



Copy was supplied for 55 display advertisements In magazines and news- 

 papers during the year. They varied from one-quarter page to full page 

 advertisements, mostly in black and white with art work or photos. Each 

 stressed the need for public co-operation in preventing forest fires and the 

 conservation of land, water, forests, wildlife and forest resources. Admin- 

 istrative advertisements totalling 99 were also inserted in newspapers 

 throughout the Province, These dealt with timber sales and crown lands. 



Posters 



The following posters were produced: 



Nature Trails - Algonquin Park 

 Sibley Park 



Extract from Fishery Regulations 



Experiments were continued In the use of plastic coated signs in order 



to produce a more satisfactory poster. 



Correspondence 



Routine requests for information or publications were handled during 

 the year. The volume of requests for information regarding the work of the 

 Department, the recreational facilities of the Province and its renewable 

 resources is rapidly Increasing. These requests come from adults and 

 students not only in Canada and the United States but from many parts of the 

 world. These are in addition to a large number of requests for information 

 requiring considerable research. Over 8,400 requests were handled. 



Personal Enquiries 



The Section also handled a large number of telephone calls dally and 

 Interviewed a considerable number of callers seeking first hand information 



