proper care of wild meat, and other phases of education featured 

 Landowner-Sportsman relationships. 



Montana's free quarterly magazine, "Montana Wildlife," featur- 

 ing Departmental activities and programs, continued in popularity 

 with an estimated readership of over 25,000. It is sent to all Montana 

 schools and any person making a request. 



A vast amount of promotional work is accomplished by the Divi- 

 sion incidental to its regular duties. Inquires by both resident and 

 non-resident have necessitated increased general information services. 

 Approximately 10,000 letters are mailed annually to persons inquir- 

 ing about Montana's hunting and fishing. 



Continued cooperation in publicity programs was extended to 

 the Montana Chamber of Commerce and the Montana Highway De- 

 partment's Advertising Director. Assistance is provided each year 

 in conducting the Outdoor Writers Tour which results in much favor- 

 able national publicity. Photographs and literature are supplied 

 to free lance writers wherever possible. 



A special booklet, "Hunting and Fishing in Montana," hunter's 

 maps and fishing regulations were distributed to hunters and fisher- 

 men all over the nation. 



A lending library of moving pictures and colored slides provides 

 illustration for talks as well as educational entertainment. Photo- 

 graphs and moving pictures are also prepared on department projects. 

 The preparation of sound movies will be an even more important 

 future activity of this division as it has developed practical tech- 

 niques for economical moving picture productions. 



With the increased interest in fish and game, it is natural 

 that people should request more and more information. Personnel 

 of this division, as well as those in other divisions, spend many eve- 

 nings and weekends attending meetings of civic groups, educational 

 groups, sportsmen's organizations and other interested agencies. 



It is evident from the experiences of the biennium that additional 

 personnel are required to meet the increased demand for conservation 

 information and education. It is hoped that future expansion will be 

 possible so one man can be stationed in each of the seven supervisor 

 districts. These men would be assigned to the work of conducting 

 school programs of conservation education, working on Landowner- 

 Sportsmen's programs, supplying information and education on a 

 district level and generally broadening the public's knowledge of 

 its natural resources. 



Such activity, conducted by trained men, will do much to promote 

 more enlightened consideration by the public of not only wildlife pro- 

 grams but of agricultural, forest and other resource problems as well. 

 In view of the increasing demands for all natural resources, the 

 educational efforts of any agency as to their proper use is a real 

 contribution to the state and national economy. 



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