sportsmen, naturalists, conservationists and professions and industries which touch 

 upon Lands and Forests administration. 



News of more than normal urgency is carried by spot press releases which go 

 directly to important news outlets. 



CORRESPONDENCE 



During the past fiscal year, the Section returned 34,500 answers by mail to 

 persons requesting information on such subjects as hunting and fishing regulations, 

 camping facilities, tourist accommodations, summer cottage properties, conservation, 

 and the purchase and planting of forest tree seedlings. Many requests came 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 9,500 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 31,000 negatives and 4,200 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. 



During the past fiscal year, 146 advertisements were placed in 55 newspapers 

 to call for tenders on timber cutting, etc. 



EDITORIAL SERVICE 



The concentration of conservation messages is increased by services performed 

 for outside agencies. Articles are written on request for outside writers and 

 commentators. 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 

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

 reports and legislative journals dating from 1856. 



Publications 



Lands and Forests publications 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. 



The following listing of books, booklets, folders and leaflets does not include 

 technical papers and management reports. 



(♦indicates publications issued during the 1965-66 fiscal year.) 



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