THIRTY-NINTH BIENNIAL REPORT 15 



Completion of present films as well as plans for additional ones has a 

 high priority among the activities for the coming year. Showing of 

 these films during the biennium approximated the following : 



Schools - 120 



Sportsmen clubs , 60 



Service organizations 100 



Other groups 50 



Total showings ; 330 



These showings have been curtailed by the limited personnel and 

 equipment available for this work. The number of people reached by 

 these showings is estimated at 35,000. And with an estimated 900,000 

 hunters and fishermen ; and approximately 1,500,000 school children 

 in the State, it can be seen that the surface has barely been scratched. 



Publication of printed matter along educational lines has been nil 

 during the war and reconstruction period. This was due to a request 

 by tlie State Printer to curtail all printing, "not absolutely essential 

 to the operation of the agency. ' ' Plans for the furtherance of this means 

 of conservation education were being formulated at the close of the 

 biennium and as soon as conditions permit, will be put into effect. 



PUBLIC INFORMATION 



The division's public information program which is closely asso- 

 ciated with the conservation education program also suffered the ill 

 effects of "wartime" conditions. However, the news sheet. Outdoor 

 California, was maintained and issued weekly in mimeograph form. 

 This release was sent to personnel of the Division -of Fish and Game, 

 newspapers, members of legislative and other groups. This program of 

 public information needs to be expanded in order that all people inter- 

 ested in wildlife may know what is being done in wildlife protection, 

 propagation and management and how they, the public, may help in this 

 work. The inability of the division to keep the public informed of its 

 activities and the reasons for them has resulted in numerous misunder- 

 standings and unjust adverse criticism. This condition is in the process of 

 being remedied through added appropriations and the reclassification of 

 the position to which this work is assigned. By reason of this reclassifi- 

 cation the division is now in a position to employ the type of artisan 

 necessary to properly present our program to the public. 



LIBRARY 



During the biennium, the Division Library, located in the San 

 Francisco office, continued to expand. It has now reached the point where 

 it is recognized as one of the outstanding libraries of its type in the 

 Country. 



Arrangements for completion of the binding of bulletins and periodi- 

 cals which have been delayed during the past five years have been com- 

 pleted. It is expected that all binding will be brought up-to-date within 

 the next year. 



