Iowa Outdoor Expo
Polk County Education Programs, Polk County
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Free family event. Try your skills
at canoeing, kayaking, archery, fishing, trap shooting, shooting BB guns,
geocaching and more! Connecting youth and families with the great outdoors. Enjoy the variety of outdoor presentations. See a live raptor release each day at 3 p.m.
The free two day event is sponsored by Polk County Conservation, Iowa DNR, Izaak Walton League Des Moines Chapter, Pheasants Forever, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, City of Des Moines Park and Recreation and a variety of other dedicated groups and businesses.
For more information go to www.iowadnr.gov/expo
2017 Presenter's Schedule at the Iowa Outdoor Expo:
Saturday, September 23
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10:00 a.m. "Monarch
Tagging",
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11:00 a.m. "The Value
of Prairies and Pollinators" ,
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12:00 p.m. "Reptiles Alive", Naturalist, Warren County Conservation
- 1:00 p.m. "Reptiles
Alive 2", Naturalist, Warren
County Conservation
- 2:00 p.m. Live “Owls
of Iowa”, Kay Neumann, S.O.A.R.
Saving Our Avian Resources
- 3:00
p.m. Live
Raptor Release, Kay Neumann of S.O.A.R.
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- 4:00 p.m. “Polk County Geocaching
Challenge”, Lori Foresman-Kirpes,
Naturalist, Polk County Conservation
Sunday, September
24
- 11:00 a.m. “The Adventure of Volkssporting”, Susan
Pinneke, Greater
Des Moines
Volkssport Association, Iowa’s Walking Club
- 12:00
p.m. "Pony
Tales", Lela Mullen, Jester Park Equestrian Center
- 1:00 p.m. Live “Falcons of Iowa”, Kay Neumann, S.O.A.R.,
Saving Our Avian
Resources
- 2:00 p.m. "Honey
Bee Basics", Carly Raye, Honey Queen,
Friendly Beekeepers of Iowa
- 3:00 p.m. Live
Raptor Release, Kay Neumann of S.O.A.R.
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