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At the request of the State Forester this Bureau furnished an article 
entitled, ‘‘Protection of Fish and Game’’ for the 1918 Handbook of 
Forest Protection. Articles were also prepared for several sporting 
magazines. 
The publication of a quarterly illustrated magazine, CALIFORNIA Fist 
AND Game, has been continued. We believe there has been a marked 
improvement in both make-up and material. Two special numbers, one 
entitled the ‘‘Deer Number,’’ and the other the ‘‘ Herring Number,”’ 
have been issued. Volume 3 (1917) contained two hundred pages and 
seventy-six illustrations. Volume 4 (1918) will contain about the same 
number of printed pages but many more illustrations. The editor is 
receiving an inereasing number of articles from outsiders which add 
materially to the value of the publication. Increased interest in the 
quarterly is also shown by the numerous requests for it. 
PUBLICITY. 
In addition to the publicity gained through films, lectures, and 
through the quarterly, CatirornrA Fish AND GAME, a systematic 
attempt to furnish news items to newspapers has been made. At 
irregular intervals suitable publicity items are mimeographed and sent 
to the different news agencies and about eighty large newspapers in the 
state. Furthermore, as an aid in the war emergency we have issued a 
number of publicity items, designed to increase the use of fishery 
products, furnished by the Committee on Zoological Investigations of 
the State Council of Defense. 
As an aid in a contemplated English sparrow campaign in Sacra- 
mento, this bureau took care of the publicity. Talks were made, 
lantern slides furnished, and many publicity items were sent to the 
newspapers in Sacramento. 
Gratifying results in our publicity work are to be seen in the numer- 
ous newspapers which publish the items issued. Numerous halftones 
have been loaned to magazines and newspapers. 
Exhibits were installed at the State Fair both in 1916 and 1917. In 
1917 the exhibit was made jointly with the United States Forest 
Service. The displays of wild birds attracted most attention. A small 
exhibit of birds and animals of the forest was arranged for the Forest 
Officers Convention, held in Berkeley, and an extensive exhibit inelud- 
ing frozen fish and wild ducks and geese was made at the Sportsmen’s 
Show in Oakland, January 16-17, 1918. 
RESEARCH. 
During the biennial period several field investigations have been 
made. In May, 1917, the game refuge in Trinity County was investi- 
gated. The refuge appears to be respected by the residents and it 
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