Les Pengelly (right) Wildlife Extensionist, discusses 

 elk ageing techniques at a wildlife forum. 



1957-58 — Hamilton, Superior, Drummond, 

 Boulder, Dillon, Livingston, Co- 

 lumbus, Ekalaka 

 Attendance at the series of forums totaled 

 8,500. 



Public High School Lectures 



Lectures were presented to approximately 

 1,500 public school students. 



University and College Lectures 



Teacher workshops and lectures were gi\'en 

 to 737 advanced students and teachers. 



Civic and Sportsniens Groups 



Conservation talks were given to various 

 civic organizations with an estimated attend- 

 ance of 1,300 and approximately 3,000 members 

 of sportsmens groups were contacted. 



In addition tc the lectures and conserv^a- 

 tion talks, many meetings of state-wide, and 

 even national, importance were attended. 



During the biennium, approximately 110,- 

 000 miles were traveled in conducting the 

 duties connected with this work. 



COOPERATIVE PROGRAM- 

 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 



In 1951 the Montana Legislature passed 

 a law directing that conservation education 

 should be taught in public elementary and 

 secondary schools of the state. The law also 

 provided that such a program would be pre- 

 sented as a part of, and integrated with, other 

 related subjects and courses. The instructions 

 from the legi.slature further stated the extent 



and application of such a program should be 

 determined by the State Board of Education 

 and the State Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction. No monies were provided for this 

 program. 



In 1957 the Montana Fish and Game Com- 

 mission provided the State Department of Pub- 

 lic Instruction with a grant of $9,000 to initiate 

 this program. In August of 1957, a Conserva- 

 tion Education Supervisor for the Department 

 of Public Instruction was appointed with funds 

 provided under 1he cooperative program. 



During the year 1957-58 the following four 

 continuing programs have been established: 

 Teacher Institutes are offered in each 

 Montana county every other year. This 

 service has been extended to twenty-six 

 western counties. The eastern thirty 

 counties will be covered the fall of 1958. 

 Conservation Tips are mailed to most 

 of the elementary teachers and all of 

 the schools in the state. One Tip is 

 mailed each month of the school year. 

 Each Tip covers one phase of resource 

 management and suggests an activity 

 for use in the classroom. 

 A Study Guide in Conservation Edu- 

 cation is being developed to cover the 

 five basic natural resources in Montana 

 — mineral, soil, water, plant life (range 

 and forests) and wildlife. This guide 

 will be available for use in the schools 

 of Montana. 

 A Schedule of School Visits has been 

 established as a counseling service for 

 conservation education. This service is 

 available from the Department of Public 

 Instruction upon request by officials of 

 any Montana school. 

 The vital importance of wise resource-use 

 education takes on new dimensions of value 

 as we examine the role of Montana in the area 

 of proper utilization of soil, water, mineral, 

 range, forests and wildlife. 



Montana has much to offer the nation by 

 way of food, materials and recreation. Only 

 through the understanding and the apprecia- 

 tion of wise use and wise management of these 

 resources can this vast treasure be expected to 

 supply the needs of all Montanans and other 

 citizens of the United States. Conservation 

 education is part of the answer. 



