The Natural Resources Building is the place to be during the Indiana State Fair, now through Aug. 22, excluding Mondays and Tuesdays
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Located in the northwest area of the fairgrounds, the Natural Resources Building offers information on all things DNR in air-conditioned comfort. While visiting inside, you can pick up the latest guidebooks on recreation, fishing, and hunting and trapping, along with manuals on boating, off-road vehicles, and much more.
Outside the building is the Fishin’ Pond, where children ages 5 to 17 can fish for free from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Outside at the amphitheater, which is next to the Natural Resources Building, you can check out the live reptiles at 10 a.m. every day of the fair, and at 4:30 p.m. on Thursdays through Sundays you can watch the live birds of prey program.
While shopping inside the building’s Mother Nature’s Mercantile, you can get an exclusive special deal on Outdoor Indiana magazine that is available only to State Fair attendees. Simply buy a subscription at the cash register, and you will be handed the current July/August issue. Your one- or two-year subscription ($15 or $28, respectively) will start with the September/October issue, so you will get one issue free.
Updates on these activities and more can be found at dnr.IN.gov/statefair.