Take It Outside Art Contest
Contest Rules & Guidelines
Registration Form - Deadline February 1, 2012
Iowa is rich in tradition and abundant with wonderful natural resources. There are a lot of fun activities you, your friends, and family can experience together – camping, hiking, riding bikes, climbing trees, jumping in mud puddles, and creating snow angels. Natural resources-based activities -- such as hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, boating, target shooting, and wildlife-watching contribute $4.3 billion to Iowa’s economy and connect people with nature.
Use your artistic skills to create an image that expresses what you like to do when you “Take It Outside,” and encourages others to get outside too. Winning entries will receive prizes and grants for outdoor experiences. Winning entries will be used for upcoming promotions (e.g., banners, pull up displays, written reports, Outreach Trailer Wraps) and displayed at the DNR building during the Iowa State Fair. All entries will be posted on our website and Facebook® page and displayed at district DNR offices/hatcheries.
Envirothon
This team competition for high school students is a co-sponsored by the Iowa DNR and Conservation Districts of Iowa's Envirothon program. In the field and classroom, teams of five students are challenged to use their knowledge and critical thinking skills to conduct hands-on investigations, solve real-life scenarios and answer written questions covering five categories: Aquatic Ecology, Forestry, Wildlife, Soils, and Current Environmental Issues. For more information, visit the Conservation Districts of Iowa's website.
Fish Iowa! Games
Fish Iowa! Games is a competition where students cast from three distances using the flipping, pitching, and overhand techniques. It was developed by the Iowa Sports Foundation, in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in 2006. Since then, over 27,000 K-12 students throughout the state have participated.
Register your school or your class now to secure your competition kit. The competition may be held anytime between February and the end of the school year.
All first place (gold) medalists will be invited to the 2012 Fish Iowa! Games Finals at the Summer Iowa Games, Saturday, July 14, 2012.
Iowa High School and SCTPChampionships
Starting on April 1, 2012, all Iowa high schools are invited to participate in the state-wide Iowa High School and Scholastic Clay Target Program league. This league will allow local teams to get together and conduct a competition match. Results from each match will be recorded, sent into the DNR office, and posted to the DNR website creating a friendly, state-wide, electronic competition. Top teams and individuals from the state-wide league will be recognized and awards will be presented at each respective state event.
NASP® Iowa Championship
Starting in December, all Iowa NASP schools will be eligible to participate in the third annual, Iowa NASP invitational league. This league will allow local schools to get together and conduct a competition-style NASP shoot. Results from each competition will be recorded, sent into our office and posted to the DNR website creating a friendly, electronic competition. Top teams and individuals from the Invitational League will be recognized at the state shoot, February 25th at the Iowa Deer Classic.
Trees For Kids and Trees For Teens Poster Contest
Contest Rules & Guidelines
School Winner Report Form
This year the Iowa Department of Natural Resource’s Forestry-Bureau is holding a poster contest. Your students are invited to participate! You may choose to do this as a classroom activity, allowing students to do their own research and then create a poster, or, introduce the contest and allow students to complete it at home.
Each school must pick 1 poster from k-3rd, 4th-8th, and 9-12th to be mailed in and judged. The Forestry-Bureau will choose one overall winner in k-3rd, 4th-8th, and 9th-12th. These posters will be placed around state forests to inform campers of invasive species and how to stop the spread of them. Other prizes may be awarded, and students will be recognized at the annual Forestry-Bureau luncheon in Des Moines.