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Indiana DNR State Fair Planner, Aug. 6-17
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Yes, the State Fair's almost here. Here's a primer on some DNR highlights you don't want to miss.

-Snakes Alive!

-Third year for the Fishin' Pond, Butterfly Garden<br />
-Taste of the Wild Cookout, Aug. 9<br />
-Law Enforcement Booth<br />
-Architectural Trolley Tour<br />
-Old DNR Favorites<br />
-DNR Program Schedule

Snakes Alive! Returns

Hoosiers get another chance to catch this old favorite, which showcases the snakes of Indiana. Interpretive naturalists from state properties all over Indiana will bring snakes to the DNR amphitheater every day at 10 a.m., excluding Aug. 15.

Third Year Running for the Kids Fishin' Pond, Butterfly Garden

Children between ages 5 and 16 get the opportunity to learn to fish for free at this popular state fair destination. The Fishin' Pond runs from 9 a.m. to noon, and 4 to 7 p.m. most days. Advance registration is required.

The Butterfly Garden returns, featuring beautiful live butterflies for visitors to enjoy. Some select species featured include giant swallowtails, red admirals, Gulf fritillaries and monarchs. The garden is adjacent to the Natural Resources Building.

Speaking of bugs, Hoosiers have dealt with some not-so-nice specimens in the last few years, which is where the Invasive Species Booth comes in. Hosted by the divisions of Forestry, Fish and Wildlife, and Entomology and Plant Pathology, the event features DNR staff talking with visitors about non-native insects and other creatures, including the emerald ash borer, gypsy moth and Asian carp, among others. Stop by the booth located in the Natural Resources Building to see what the agency is doing to manage this problem.

Taste of the Wild Cookout

Make sure to take advantage of this opportunity to dine on fare taken and prepared by Hoosier hunters and anglers. Come to the Taste of the Wild Cookout, Aug. 9 at 11 a.m., for a free taste of Indiana's wild. Sponsored by Indiana State Park Inns, the cookout features dishes such as barbecued beaver, turtle soup, creek bank potatoes and venison sloppy joes. The esteemed chefs come from such groups as the Indiana Sportsmen's Roundtable, Angel Mounds State Historic Site and Indianapolis Fly Casters.

Law Enforcement Booth

Thanks in large part to the supervision and expertise of the Indiana Conservation Officers who will be on hand, kids can learn how to shoot a bow and arrow or an air rifle at this booth in the Natural Resources Building. While your child safely learns this skill, you can help the hungry by purchasing a Sportsman's Benevolence Fund pin. Funds gained from the sale of these $5 pins pay for the processing of deer that are donated to Indiana food banks. Also in the spirit of helping, Turn-in-a-Poacher or Polluter (TIP) hats and pins will be available. Do your part to help fund the fight against illegal poaching.

Architectural Trolley Tour of Historical Fairgrounds Buildings

On select evenings, fair-goers can go on a free trolley tour of several fairgrounds buildings. Expert guides lead the tour and give visitors an opportunity to learn about the architecture and fascinating history of each building. Tours leave the Natural Resources Building at 7 p.m. on Aug. 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17.

Old Favorites

-DNR Resource Dog Workout<br />
-Live Birds of Prey Show<br />
- The Artifact Roadshow<br />
- Smokey Bear's Birthday Party<br />
- Indiana's Bats: Myth and Reality<br />
- Fishing ponds and aquariums inside and surrounding the building<br />
- Div. of Water floodplain model with two miniature towns that flood every 20 minutes<br />
- Div. of State Parks and Reservoirs booth with pelts, animal bones and skulls, and snake skins to help you learn how to identify wildlife

The Indiana State Fair runs Aug. 6 to 17, at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on the north side of Indianapolis.

For more information about DNR at the Indiana State Fair:<br />
dnr.IN.gov/statefair

2008 Indiana State Fair DNR programs<br />
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Every Day at the Fair

9 a.m. to noon and 4 to 7 p.m.<br />
Fish' Pond Youth Fishing, advance registration at Natural Resources Building required. (No morning fishing Aug. 6).

10 a.m.<br />
Front Porch: Snakes Alive talk, various state park interpreters. (No show Aug. 15 for Indiana Herps talk.)

Wednesday Aug. 6

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: What is an artifact? Indiana State Museum Staff

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Waterfowl of Indiana, Falls of the Ohio State Park interpreters

1 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Indiana Owls, Falls of the Ohio State Park

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: An Evening with an Eagle, Eagle C-52 and Patoka Lake interpreters

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds Buildings, Div. of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Thursday Aug. 7

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Lake Invaders!, DNR LARE staff, Div. of Fish and Wildlife (Angela Sturdevant &amp; Gwen White)

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Indiana Birds of Prey, Live Raptors from Hardy Lake Raptor Center

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: The Bone Zone: Prehistoric Indiana Wildlife, Indiana State Museum staff

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Indiana Birds of Prey, Live Raptors from Hardy Lake Raptor Center

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds Buildings, Div. of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Friday, Aug. 8

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: The Mystery of Coal, Division of Reclamation

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: FIRE! How the DNR Uses Fire as a Tool, DNR Fire Headquarters staff

1 to 2 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Water Games!

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Indiana Land Trusts

3 to 4 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Water Games!

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Take Flight Live Raptor Show, naturalist Mark Booth

7 p.m.<br />
Friday Night Campfire Stories, Songs and S'mores

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds Buildings, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

Saturday, Aug. 9

9 a.m. to 9 p.m.<br />
Indoors: Hoosier Muskie Hunters Forum

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Foster Brown

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Butterfly Craft (near butterfly exhibit)

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist 2008: Tim Womack as Johnny Appleseed

11 a.m.<br />
Taste of the Wild Cookout: A Free Taste of Indiana's Wild Fish and Game

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Arachnid Adventures with Jim Floyd

1 to 2 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Indiana Smallmouth Alliance

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Flint Knapping, Indiana State Museum staff

3 to 4 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Arachnid Adventures, Jim Floyd, St. Vincent's EMT Department

4 to 6 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Flying WILD Activities

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater 2008: Tim Womack

7 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Mark Booth Sponsored by Project WILD

7 to 9 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Indy Admirals Remote Control Boats

Sunday, Aug. 10

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist 2008: Tim Womack as Johnny Appleseed

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Animal Adaptations, Indiana State Museum staff

Noon<br />
Front Porch: Taxidermy Demonstration, Hoosier Trapper Supply

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Smokey Bear's Birthday Party, Lieber State Recreation Area staff

1 to 4 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Indy Admirals Remote Control Boats

4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Taxidermy Demonstration, Hoosier Trapper Supply

4:30 p.m.<br />
Tim Womack

Monday, Aug. 11

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Wood ID, Div. of Forestry Education Staff

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Nature's Nasties: Indiana Spiders, Turkey Run/Fort Harrison interpreters

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Make n' Take a Tree Measuring Stick, Division of Forestry Education Staff

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: The Art of Falconry, Indiana Falconry Association

Tuesday, Aug. 12

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Snakes, Clifty Falls State Park interpreter

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Think Lincoln!

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Got Geese? Canada Geese biology, management, and more. Shannon Winks, Div. Fish &amp; Wildlife

4 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Legacy Theater Troupe, Indiana State Museum

4:30 p.m.<br />
Live Birds of Prey with Indy Parks

Wednesday, Aug. 13

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Ice Age Animals, Indiana State Museum Staff

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Arachnid Adventures, Jim Floyd

1 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Come Be a Voyageur, with IndyParks

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Help for Your Old House: Indiana Style. DHPA. Bring your Old House questions about renovation and care of historic

4 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: The Fur Trade in Indiana, IndyParks Naturalist

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: An Evening with an Eagle, Eagle C-52 and Patoka Lake interpreters

Thursday, Aug. 14

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Leave No Trace, Bill Houk

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Indiana's Bats: Myth and Reality, Brown County State Park interpreter

Noon to 5 p.m.<br />
Inside: Snakes Alive! Indiana Snakes on Display, O'Bannon Woods State Park interpreters

2 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Take Flight Live Raptor Show, naturalist Mark Booth

Friday, Aug. 15

10 a.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Indiana Herps Talk, Pokagon State Park interpreter

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Indiana Birds, Pokagon State Park interpreter

1 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: Attracting Birds to your Backyard; John Schaust, Wild Birds Unlimited Chief Naturalist

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Indiana Birds of Prey, Live Raptors from Hardy Lake Raptor Center

5 p.m.<br />
Resource Dog Workout, DNR dogs find illegal game, track poachers, Indiana Conservation Officers

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds' Buildings, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

7 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Liar's Bendh, Spring Mill State Park Pioneer Village interpreter

Saturday, Aug. 16

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Paleo Indians, Indiana State Museum staff

Noon to 7 p.m.<br />
Inside: Snakes Alive! Indiana Snakes on Display, O'Bannon Woods State Park interpreters

1 p.m.<br />
Fly Tying Workshop, Fly Masters of Indianapolis

2 to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: DHPA Prehistoric Road Show, Bring an artifact for ID (No fossils please) and learn about Indiana Archaeology

2 to 2:30 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Dog Retrieval Demo

3 to 4 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Arachnid Adventures, Jim Floyd, St. Vincent's EMT Department

4 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Legacy Theater Troupe, Indiana State Museum

4:30 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Indiana Birds of Prey, Live Raptors from Hardy Lake Raptor Center

7 to 8 p.m.<br />
Fishing Pond: Dog Retrieval Demo

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds Buildings, DHPA

Sunday, Aug. 17

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.<br />
Roving Naturalist: Snakes, Fort Harrison State Park interpreter

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
Front Porch: How GPS Works, Division of Water staff

4 p.m.<br />
Amphitheater: Legacy Theater Troupe, Indiana State Museum

4:30 p.m.<br />
Live Birds of Prey with Indy Parks

7 p.m.<br />
Architectural Trolley Tour of Historic Fairgrounds Buildings, DHPA

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It was sort of Sad going to the fair for one last session as the nosy intern. Luckily there was plenty going on at the Natural Resources Building to distract me from my grief. Bob Wilkinson of the DNR’s Division of Water took over the Front Porch today to talk about GPS, or Global Positioning System. He was admittedly at a diSadvantage, as Worship Fest 2008 was literally 200 feet away and the enthusiastic worshippers were living it up.
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