In any field it has been noticed that desired results are not obtained unless and until the people are associated with the project. With this end in view, the State has established a good Publicity Division working under the Conservator of Forest Rescares & W. P. Vadodara which is mainly concerned with bringing the knowledge about wildlife and ecological conservation, tree planting, etc. within easy reach of the common man to enlist his support for this noble cause. This unit arranges film, slides, audio and video shows all over the State, all the year round and arranges exhibitions on important occasions depicting the importance of wildlife and the measures taken by the State for its propagation and conservation. Wildlife photography is also given adequate importance and competitions are held so that wildlife enthusiasts and naturalists and the educational institutes come forward and respond to these competitions, in a big way.

The Forest Department of the State has taken a bold step in the direction of initiating the younger generation of the State into wildlife conservation, environmental education and protection by constituting the Hingolgadh Nature Education Sanctuary (in the year 1980 in Rajkot District), over an area of 654 sq.km. which acts as the base for the development of wildlife education activities. The Sanctuary is now fully equipped for training about 10,000 to 15,000 children every year and show them varied wildlife including deer, black bucks, Nilgais, wolves etc. in their natural surroundings in open forest areas. In addition to Hingolgadh, areas of wildlife training have been identified at Pirotan Islands, Balaram, Namkot (Gandhinagar), Kedreshwar, Sambalpani, Maneknath, Bedvan, Pimpri, Satvirda, Bordevi, Ratanmahal, Panam dam, Kewdi, Jambughoda, etc. The children who volunteer to undergo this training are kept on the roll and invited when slot and time are available, after which their transport to these various camps and the cost of staying lodging and boarding during the tour of 2-4 days of the training is borne by the Forest Department. Various senior officers and wildlife experts are invited to impart this training in wildlife conservation, environmental conservation and forest protection. In the beginning, (during the year 1983/84, 12984 participants took advantge of this programme, at a cost of Rs. 3 lakh.) However, during 1988 this outlay was increased to Rs. 4.3 lakh and during the year 1994-95, 33500 participants ware to trained at a cost of Rs. 7.3 lakhs.