DES MOINES – As the 2017 Iowa State Fair kicks off besure to stop by the DNR building located at the west end of the fairground snear Gate 11.
During the 11 days of the Iowa State Fair, count on the IowaDNR to have a fun-filled, family-friendly, educational and entertaining packed daily schedule for all fairgoers to enjoy.
Inside the DNR building, DNR experts will be on hand daily to answer any questions you may have related to Iowa’s natural resources. Take time to browse around the many exhibits within the DNR, including the Hike, Bike and Paddle zone, Watch and Learn zone, Stay and Play zone, In Your Home zone and meet our DNR law enforcement officers. Take a peek at the live fish and reptiles in the aquariums, and get a close-up look at the mounted wildlife that are native to Iowa. You can even buy or renewa one-year subscription to the DNR’s IowaOutdoors magazine for $15 and receive a free t-shirt or renew or purchaseyour hunting tags or fishing licenses.
The DNR courtyard contains a nice shady area with manybenches and picnic tables for families to enjoy overlooking a pond with liveducks. The courtyard stage will have several educational and interactive presentations daily. Some highlights of the courtyard presentations include:
From the farmer’s market to the Dutch oven (Thursday, August 10) Paddling Iowa: places to go and safety tips (Thursday, August 10) Selecting the right trees to plant in your yard (Friday, August 11) Fishing technology, cooking and cleaning fish (Saturday, August 12) Fishingtechnology: using the DNR’s website to track fish (Saturday, August 12) Liveanimals: Trumpeter swans, reptiles and amphibians of Iowa (Sunday, August 12and Friday, August 18) Healing through hunting: Wounded Warrior Hunts (Monday, August 14) Training your new hunting dog (Monday, August 14) Tree diseases and insects (Tuesday, August 15) Every drop counts: from the ground to the tap (Tuesday, August 15) Managing your farm pond and woodland resources (Tuesday, August 15) Celebration of Boy Scouts projects in natural resources (Wednesday, August 16) Volunteer opportunities in the outdoors (Wednesday, August 16) When junk becomes art (Saturday, August 19) Bringing technology outdoors (Sunday, August 20)