DNR To Offer Value Packages At Boat, Sport and Travel Show

Last updated on Thursday, February 5, 2015

(INDIANAPOLIS) - The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will be at the Indy Boat, Sport & Travel Show, Feb. 20 through March 1, offering promotions that make enjoying the outdoors more affordable and educational nature programs.

For only $99, the SPR GO! Trails and Waves Package offers Hoosiers:

An Annual Entrance Pass to Indiana's 32 state parks and reservoirs.

A one-year subscription to Outdoor Indiana magazine.

A 2014 Motorized Lake Permit.

Your choice of a $40 gift card for DNR campsite rental or a $40 gift certificate for use at any of the seven Indiana State Park Inns.

Four Centennial Booklets, each detailing the history of an individual state park or lake.

An SPR GO! signature sportpack.

The value of the SPR GO! Trails and Waves Package is $143, for a savings of $44.

"Family budgets are tight and we want to make it just a little easier for Hoosiers to 'Get Outside,' which is what 'GO!' stands for," said Dan Bortner, director of the DNR Division of State Parks.

The SPR GO! Trails and Waves Package also is available for purchase at InnsGifts.com. Online sales will include the option of an Annual Horse Tag instead of a Motorized Lake Permit.

Visitors also can buy 2015 fishing and hunting licenses and other permits, camping gift cards in $25, $50 and $100 denominations, and other DNR offerings, and pick up the 2015 DNR Recreation Guide and 2015 DNR Fishing Guide for free.

On Saturday, Feb. 21 and again on Sunday, March 1, the DNR booth will offer a Birds of Prey program with live raptors.

On Sunday, Feb. 22, visitors can meet the furry conservation officers (dogs) in DNR Law Enforcement's K9 unit.

Also on Sunday Feb. 22, and again on Saturday Feb. 28, visitors can see a dozen or more native Indiana snakes, and will even be able to touch one or two.

On Saturday Feb. 21 and 28, the DNR Go FishIN program will teach fish identification, fish handling, knot tying, and rod rigging.

From Thursday, Feb. 26, through Sunday, March 1, invasive species experts will be on hand to teach boaters and anglers how they can help slow the spread of invasive species into Indiana waters.

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