(515 ILCS 5/1-155) (from Ch. 56, par. 1-155)
Sec. 1-155.
Conservation training schools; public education.
The
Department may establish Conservation Training Schools and employ
technicians and other help necessary for the purpose of
teaching conservation methods to employees of the Department and
other interested groups as the Department deems necessary or desirable
to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Code.
In order to educate the citizens of this State in the modern trends of
conservation, the Department shall disseminate conservation information and
the provisions of this Code through lectures, motion pictures, photographs,
exhibits, radio, news items, pamphlets, and other media the Department may
deem suitable for this purpose.
The Department may publish, periodically, a bulletin or magazine
containing information concerning the work of the Department, the
conservation and propagation of wildlife, hunting and fishing, and any other
information as the Department deems to be of general or special interest to
sportsmen and others affected by any law administered by the Department. A
reasonable charge may be made for each copy of the publication. All funds
derived from the sale of that publication shall be deposited into the
Wildlife and Fish Fund in the State Treasury.
The Department shall provide and maintain management and habitat
development on State controlled lands or waters used in propagating or
breeding aquatic life as the Department deems necessary to conform with the
most modern conservation methods. The Department may also cooperate in
management and habitat development with any person propagating or breeding
aquatic life on privately-owned lands or waters.
(Source: P.A. 87-833.)
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