TWENTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 87 



REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION, PIHLICITV 



AND RESEARCH. 



The Honorable Board of Fish anid Game Commissioners of the State of 

 California. 



Sirs : We have the honor to submit herevvitli a report on tlie work 

 and accomplishments of the Department of Education, Publicity and 

 Research, covering the period from July 1, 1920, to June 30, 11)22, 

 this being the fourth report of this kind since the inauguration of tlic 

 department. 



The following brief outline of aims which has been followed l»y the 

 department since its inception gives an idea of the character of the 

 work : 



I. Education of the youth especially but also of all to an uuderstandin-j of the 

 nature and extent of the state's natural resources and the need and value of 

 conserving them. 

 A. To be attained by means of : 



1. School and public lectures. 



2. Bulletins and leaflets. 



3. Magazine articles and the press. 



II. Wide publicity concerning the work and accomplishments of the California 

 Fish and Game Commission. 



III. Backing of the educational and publicity campaign by exact and dependable 

 data secured l)y painstaking and scientific research. 



There is seldom anything speetacular to report in the obvious i-csnlts 

 of an educational campaign, nor can-current results be depended upon 

 to furnish evidence of the effectiveness of the plan. Fruition of the 

 project to instruct the youth of our state regarding the conservation 

 of natural resources is to be looked for far in the future and then 

 only can a fair measure be made of the actual suecc^s attained. 

 Pending the time when the actual results are more apparent, your 

 attention is called to the outstanding accomplishments of the biennium. 



LECTURES. 



Increasing demand has been made on our services for conservation 

 lectures and displays of motion pictures. IMany more peoi)h' liavt- 

 been reached in this way than in any similar period since the beginning 

 of the work. As heretofore, the attempt has been made to (iistri])Ule 

 the lecture work as nearly as po.ssible over the entire state. When a 

 request comes in for a lecture, it is filed and as soon as convenient 

 lectures at nearby places are arranged for certain dates, thus makinir 

 the trip of the lecturer most worth while. 



In many instances all of the school ehildi-en in a town have been dis- 

 missed in* order to attend the lecture given. In (nu^ in.stance every 

 high school in the county having proper fjK-ilit ies was given an 

 illustrated lecture at the request of the comity snix-rintendent of 

 schooN. An endeavor to reaeh fish and game protective associations 

 of the state has resulted in five splendid meetings with such organiza- 

 tions. Illustrated lectures are always one feature of the Conuuission's 

 exhibit at the State Fair during September. 



