WILDLIFE EDUCATION EXTENSION 

 PROGRAM 



Adult Education 



The Fish and Game Department financed 

 a program of adult education in cooperation 

 with Montana State University and Montana 

 State College. 



Under terms of a memorandum of under- 

 standing between these institutions, a series 

 of educational lectures on wildlife and resource 

 management is presented to the public. 



As stated in the original agreement, the 

 purpose of this program is to: "develop a 

 better understanding of advanced manage- 

 ment of the natural resource base to the end 

 that a more favorable environment for wild- 

 life species may be attained and maintained." 



This program which developed at Montana 

 State University in 1949 was adopted by the 

 Montana Wildlife Federation in 1952. Since 

 the goal of this series is to further the ob- 

 jectives of good wildlife management, the 

 Fish and Game Commission agreed, in 1954, 

 to underwrite the cost of conducting the work. 

 Originally, $7,500 was deposlited with the 

 treasurer of each school. With the current in- 

 crease in operation the program now amounts 

 to $19,000 annually. 



Wildlife Extensionists operating from the 

 two university units present forum lectures 

 to groups in many sections of the state. 



Location of Forum Towns 



1958-1960: Butte, Ennis, Sheridan, Lincoln, 

 Billings, Huntley, Forsyth, Glendive, Bull Lake, 

 Libby, Eureka, Kalispell, Seeley Lake, Baker, 

 Wibaux, Belt, Fort Benton, Great Falls, White- 

 hall and Manhattan. 



The forum series was presented to 7,370 

 interested Montanans. 



Public High School Lectures 



Lectures were presented to 500 students. 



Teacher Conservation Workshops 



Teacher workshops with a total of 1,433 



teachers present were conducted during the 

 biennium. 



4-H Camps 



Classes were presented to 842 4-H'ers. 



Civic and Sportsmen Groups 



Numerous wildlife management talks were 

 given to civic and sportsmen clubs. An esti- 

 mated 2,470 people were contacted. In addition 

 to this, many meetings of statewide and na- 

 tional importance were attended. 



Wildlife Extensionists traveled over 100,000 

 miles during the past biennium. 



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