Free Admission to State Fair with valid NYS Sporting license; Free Fishing Clinics

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Join Us at the Great NYS Fair

Fishing clinic at state fairHead to Syracuse to experience the Great NYS Fair August 22 through September 3!

Try fishing for free with two family fishing clinics at the pond in the New York Experience festival grounds on Thursday, August 23 and Sunday, August 26. Admission is free on those dates for anyone presenting a valid New York State sporting license at the gate.

At the Aquarium Building

DEC staff will be selling sporting licenses at the license sales counter, as well as habitat access stamps featuring the barred owl. A live owl will be on display during the first three days of the Fair.

The ever-popular aquarium tanks will feature freshwater fish and turtles that represent the species you can find in streams, lakes and ponds throughout the state.

The environmental conservation officers and forest rangers will be available to answer questions about the work they do. Visit the information booth to get a great deal on a Conservationist magazine subscription, and enter to win a free lifetime freshwater fishing license.

Saratoga Tree Nursery tree seedlings will be given away each day at the new Expo Center.
Save time at the gate and purchase your advance sale tickets online.