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Explore Iowa Parks Entry Form and Rules (*.pdf file)

Rules
  1. Save the original copy of your camping registration form (the slip you put in the campsite post) each time you camp at a different one of the participating parks.
  2. To qualify for a postcard collection of Iowa State Parks and Preserves as photographed by various Iowa artists, you will need 5 original camping registration forms, all with the same name and address from 5 different participating parks.
  3. To qualify for the postcard collection and one-year subscription to the Iowa Conservationist magazine, you will need 7 original camping registration forms, all with the same name and address from 7 different participating parks.
  4. To qualify for the grand prize drawing, you will need 10 original camping registration forms, all with the same name and address from 10 different participating parks. Participants at this level also receive the postcarc collection and the one-year subscription to the Iowa Conservationist.
  5. Fill out the entry form (*.pdf file) and mail it with your original camping registration forms to:
    Explore Iowa Parks - Iowa DNR
    502 East 9th Street
    Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
    The name and address on the entry form must be the same as the name and address on each of the camping registration forms. You must be 18 years old to enter. Photocopies of camping registration forms will not be accepted.
  6. Do not mail your camping registration forms until you have finished participating. Make only one mailing with the correct number of camp registration forms and the entry form by November 1, 2004.
  7. The DNR will validate camping registration forms with the individual parks.
  8. Limit of one entry per household.
  9. The DNR reserves the right to publicize and photograph, for publication in the Iowa Conservationist, the winners of the three grand prizes.
  10. Prizes will be awarded in time for Christmas! Arrangements will be made for the winners of the grand prizes to pick them up. All other prizes will be mailed by the DNR to the person whose name and address appear on the entry form.