CONSERVATION EDUCATION SECTION 



Conservation Education Section conducts an educational programme which 

 consists of the type of appeals calculated to attract public interest and explain in 

 easily understandable 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 the titles. All films are available for loan to field offices upon request. 

 During the year, 1,400 films were shipped to field offices in answer to requests 

 received. Each District has its own projector and it has access to regional film 

 libraries as well as head office film library. 



It loaned 16mm. motion picture projectors, 35mm. slide projectors, screens 

 and films to provincial parks offering an interpretive programme to the public 

 during the summer months. 



During the year, the following films were added to head office and field film 

 libraries: 



A Tree Is A Living Thing 



At Home With Guns 



Beaver Valley 



Bruins Go Arctic 



Carival At the Zoo 



Chimp The Chump 



Here Comes The Circus 



How To Avoid Muscle Strain 



Natures Half-Acre 



Sure As Shooting 



The Great Toy Robbery 



The Snakes of Ontario 



Trees and Their Care 



Zippy's Birthday Party 



Several thousand feet of motion picture film are available and are being used 

 by television outlets in Ontario. In addition, a set of six one-minute television 

 snorts entitled "Do You Know", were made available to the television stations. 

 These shorts were awarded a second prize at the American Association for 

 Conservation Information annual convention. The Section completed production 

 of a new film entitled "Forests for the Future", and started a new set of 15 

 one-minute television shorts. 



RADIO AND TELEVISION 



Radio and television stations throughout the Province have been most 

 generous in their donations of free time to the Department, and Districts regularly 

 take advantage of these opportunities to reach the public. In addition to radio 

 programmes, several districts now conduct regular, live television broadcasts of 

 their own. This Section also supplies Districts with films for use on television. 



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