You can avoid the malls and give a friend or family member a unique outdoor gift or experience by ordering soon from the Indiana DNR, but must hurry if you want to meet holiday mailing deadlines.
Gift cards and certificates that must be delivered by mail to Indiana residents need be ordered by no later than Dec. 18. Gift cards/certificates to be sent to out-of-state residents should be ordered by TODAY.
Regardless of whether you buy one of the items below, make sure to give your child or grandchild the gift of a time for a winter hike, a hunting trip or a nature center visit at a state park, reservoir or state forest trail in January.
The CampIN Gift Card is good for reservations for camping, recreation buildings, shelters, cabins, group camps, rent-a-camps or group cottages. To order, call 1-866-6CampIN (1-866-622-6746) or visit a state park or reservoir office.
The following are available online at Mother Nature's Mercantile, www.innsgifts.com and by other methods as listed:
2009 Annual Entrance Passes, Golden Hoosier Passes, Horse Permits and Annual Lake Permits: Available in Indianapolis at the Indiana Government Center Customer Service Center (402 W. Washington St.). Online orders include a shipping/handling fee. Passes and permits also are available at local state park and reservoir offices.
Indiana State Park Inn Gift Certificates: For lodging, restaurant meals, golfing and gift shop purchases in any of the seven inn locations. Contact 1-877-LODGES1.
Outdoor Experiences: Give the gift of an outdoor experience, such as takingyour staff to lunch with Indiana raptors, taking your family on a caving trip, working with an archaeologist at Fort Harrison State Park, or taking your family for a ride on Pokagon State Park's refrigerated toboggan run.
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Ginger Murphy
Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
(317) 232-4143
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Gifts for the outdoor minded from the DNR
The Indiana DNR has gift solutions for the person on your gift list who's more concerned about the state's outdoors than acquiring more stuff. Convenient contributions in that person's name can be made to support a number of causes.
Help schools fund field trips for children to Indiana state parks and reservoirs by donating to the Discovering the Outdoors Fund, administered through the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation at http://www.IN.gov/ai/appfiles/inrf-donations/ and including "Discovering the Outdoors Fund" in the "In Honor Of/Memory Of" line.
Support the care of C52, the non-releasable bald eagle used in programming at Patoka Lake. See http://www.IN.gov/dnr/c52/WhoIsC52.html for details or call (812) 685-2447. Donate online at http://www.IN.gov/ai/appfiles/inrf-donations/.
Support a person's favorite state park or reservoir by contacting Ginger Murphy, assistant director for stewardship in the Division of State Parks and Reservoirs, at (317) 232-4143, gmurphy@dnr.IN.gov, or writing to: State Parks and Reservoirs, 402 W. Washington St., Room W298, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Give a Friends Group membership to McCormick's Creek, Spring Mill, Lincoln, Falls of the Ohio, Indiana Dunes, Mounds, Turkey Run/Shades or Brown County state parks, or to Hardy Lake by contacting Murphy at the phone number or address above.
Support the Dwight Chamberlain Raptor Rehabilitation Center at Hardy Lake, where injured hawks and owls receive care and are released. Permanently injured birds are used in programming for schools and families. Contact Terry Davis, (812) 794-3800.
Support land acquisition and a variety of other projects throughout the DNR by contributing to Indiana Heritage Trust. For more information, contact (317) 233-1002, nheinzelman@dnr.IN.gov, or write to: The Indiana Heritage Trust, 402 W. Washington, W256, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Make sure to give your child or grandchild the gift of a time for a winter hike, a hunting trip or a nature center visit at a state park, reservoir or state forest trail in January.
Written acknowledgments for donations can be provided, but may not be available until after the holiday season. For up-to-date information about happenings in the DNR, visit dnr.IN.gov.
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Ginger Murphy
Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
(317) 232-4143
Gift cards and certificates that must be delivered by mail to Indiana residents need be ordered by no later than Dec. 18. Gift cards/certificates to be sent to out-of-state residents should be ordered by TODAY.
Regardless of whether you buy one of the items below, make sure to give your child or grandchild the gift of a time for a winter hike, a hunting trip or a nature center visit at a state park, reservoir or state forest trail in January.
The CampIN Gift Card is good for reservations for camping, recreation buildings, shelters, cabins, group camps, rent-a-camps or group cottages. To order, call 1-866-6CampIN (1-866-622-6746) or visit a state park or reservoir office.
The following are available online at Mother Nature's Mercantile, www.innsgifts.com and by other methods as listed:
2009 Annual Entrance Passes, Golden Hoosier Passes, Horse Permits and Annual Lake Permits: Available in Indianapolis at the Indiana Government Center Customer Service Center (402 W. Washington St.). Online orders include a shipping/handling fee. Passes and permits also are available at local state park and reservoir offices.
Indiana State Park Inn Gift Certificates: For lodging, restaurant meals, golfing and gift shop purchases in any of the seven inn locations. Contact 1-877-LODGES1.
Outdoor Experiences: Give the gift of an outdoor experience, such as takingyour staff to lunch with Indiana raptors, taking your family on a caving trip, working with an archaeologist at Fort Harrison State Park, or taking your family for a ride on Pokagon State Park's refrigerated toboggan run.
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Ginger Murphy
Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
(317) 232-4143
--------------------
Gifts for the outdoor minded from the DNR
The Indiana DNR has gift solutions for the person on your gift list who's more concerned about the state's outdoors than acquiring more stuff. Convenient contributions in that person's name can be made to support a number of causes.
Help schools fund field trips for children to Indiana state parks and reservoirs by donating to the Discovering the Outdoors Fund, administered through the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation at http://www.IN.gov/ai/appfiles/inrf-donations/ and including "Discovering the Outdoors Fund" in the "In Honor Of/Memory Of" line.
Support the care of C52, the non-releasable bald eagle used in programming at Patoka Lake. See http://www.IN.gov/dnr/c52/WhoIsC52.html for details or call (812) 685-2447. Donate online at http://www.IN.gov/ai/appfiles/inrf-donations/.
Support a person's favorite state park or reservoir by contacting Ginger Murphy, assistant director for stewardship in the Division of State Parks and Reservoirs, at (317) 232-4143, gmurphy@dnr.IN.gov, or writing to: State Parks and Reservoirs, 402 W. Washington St., Room W298, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Give a Friends Group membership to McCormick's Creek, Spring Mill, Lincoln, Falls of the Ohio, Indiana Dunes, Mounds, Turkey Run/Shades or Brown County state parks, or to Hardy Lake by contacting Murphy at the phone number or address above.
Support the Dwight Chamberlain Raptor Rehabilitation Center at Hardy Lake, where injured hawks and owls receive care and are released. Permanently injured birds are used in programming for schools and families. Contact Terry Davis, (812) 794-3800.
Support land acquisition and a variety of other projects throughout the DNR by contributing to Indiana Heritage Trust. For more information, contact (317) 233-1002, nheinzelman@dnr.IN.gov, or write to: The Indiana Heritage Trust, 402 W. Washington, W256, Indianapolis, IN 46204
Make sure to give your child or grandchild the gift of a time for a winter hike, a hunting trip or a nature center visit at a state park, reservoir or state forest trail in January.
Written acknowledgments for donations can be provided, but may not be available until after the holiday season. For up-to-date information about happenings in the DNR, visit dnr.IN.gov.
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Ginger Murphy
Division of State Parks and Reservoirs
(317) 232-4143
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