ADMINISTRATION 



* Annual Report of the Minister of Lands and Forests 



Part I— Detailed 



Part II— Highlights 

 *A Statistical Reference of Lands and Forests Administration 

 ^Ontario Forest Ranger School (Information Brochure) 

 *Ontario Forest Ranger School (Prospectus) 

 *Ontario Forest Ranger School Year Book 

 *Ontario Junior Forest Ranger Programme (revised) 

 *List of Publications for Distribution 



CONSERVATION EDUCATION SECTION 



Conservation Education Section conducts an educational programme consist- 

 ing of appeals planned to attract public interest and explain, in easily understand- 

 able terms, the need for the wise use of renewable, natural resources. 



Visual Education 



The Section's film library contains 255 titles with two or more prints of many 

 of them. All films were loaned upon request to field offices; 1200 films were shipped 

 to them during the year. Each District has its own projector, with access to regional 

 film libraries and the head office film library. 



The film library loaned 16mm motion picture projectors, 35mm slide projec- 

 tors, screens and films to provincial parks offering interpretive programmes to the 

 public, during the summer. 



The following films were added to Head Office and Field film libraries during 

 the year: 



» Aircraft In Forest Fire Control 



Arctic Region And Its Polar Bears 

 Beaver Valley 

 Black Duck 

 Flames In The Forest 

 Look — Stop Backing Accidents 

 Nature's Half Acre 

 The Pond 

 The Snakes Of Ontario 



Several thousand feet of motion picture film is being used by television outlets 

 throughout the Province. The Section completed production of a new film, "The 

 Snakes Of Ontario", fourth in the Ontario Wildlife Series. "Flames In The Forest", 

 produced last year, was awarded third prize at the American Association for Con- 

 servation Information's Annual Convention, in competition with 52 other provinces 

 and states. 



RADIO AND TELEVISION 



Radio and Television stations throughout the Province have been most gen- 

 erous in donating time to the Department, and Districts regularly take advantage 

 of these opportunities to reach the public. In addition to radio programmes, several 

 Districts conduct regular, live television broadcasts of their own. This Section also 

 supplied Districts with films for television use. 



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