DEC Exhibits at the New York State Fair
August 21 - September 1, 2008
DEC offered lots for you to see and do at this year's Fair, from our giant Aquarium with an outside deck featuring a "Green Home" display to our Log Cabin complete with a nature trail. Below are links to posters and featured handout materials.
At the Aquarium
Visit DEC's Aquarium to see live native New York State fish. Buy your fishing and hunting licenses, talk to Environmental Conservation Officers, get a subscription to the award-winning Conservationist magazine, and enter to win a canoe!
Links to information featured at the Aquarium:
- Everything you always wanted to know about fish and fishing in New York State
- Find out more about river otters and how you can be involved in monitoring them
- Conservationist magazine: read selected articles from back issues and subscribe online
- Hunting? Report your game harvest
- Environmental Conservation Police Officers
Links to posters on display at the Aquarium:
- North American River Otter in the Hudson Valley (354 Kb PDF file)
On the Deck (outside the aquarium)
Outside on the Deck, get a free drink of ice-cold water, make your own environmental button, and take a tour of a "green" home for ideas on how you can help protect the environment. Don't forget to have your passbook stamped to enter the canoe drawing!
Links to information featured on the Deck:
- Green Living
- Tips for low or non-toxic ways to landscape
- Underground heating oil tanks: A Homeowner's Guide
- Save energy and water
- Use less-toxic products
- Reduce household hazardous waste
- Reduce, reuse, recycle, and compost
- Brochures, booklets and pamphlets on reducing waste, reuse and recycling products and composting
- Gas saving tips: how to get the most out of every gallon of gas, reduce air pollution and cut greenhouse gases
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs): they save money and protect air quality. Be sure to dispose of them properly
Links to posters on display on the Deck:
- Green It! In the Bath and Laundry (206 Kb PDF file)
- Green It! In the Garage and Workshop (283 Kb PDF file)
- Green It! In the Kitchen (306 Kb PDF file)
- Green It! In the Lawn and Garden (312 Kb PDF file)
- Drive Green and $ave Green in New York (217 Kb PDF file)
- See the Light in New York State (279 Kb PDF file)
- Home Heating Oil Tanks in New York State (208 Kb PDF file)
- Healthy Oil Tank Checklist (175 Kb PDF file)
At the Log Cabin
Stroll the Nature Trail at DEC's Log Cabin and talk to Forest Rangers. Get the latest camping information, enter to win a canoe, see the New York State mineral display and receive a free tree seedling!
Links to information featured at/outside the Log Cabin:
- Saratoga Tree Nursery Ordering Information
- Planting for Knowledge School Seedling Program
- How to plant a tree
- Accessible recreation for people with disabilities, children and everyone
- Search the State Land Interactive Mapper (SLIM) to find the best places for outdoor fun
- Go camping in New York State
- Don't move firewood - you could be killing our trees!
- Forest Rangers-protecting more than four million acres of land in New York State
- Mining In New York State
- Pest management toolbox
Links to posters on display at/outside the Log Cabin:
- Universal Access in New York State (393 Kb PDF file)
- Integrated Pest Management: A Toolbox of Options (301 Kb PDF file)
- Pest or Not? Is Pest Control Needed? (182 Kb PDF file)
- Do it Myself? What if I Apply Pesticides? (126 Kb PDF file)
- Pesticides: Hire Someone? (126 Kb PDF file)
- September Lawn Care Calendar (144 Kb PDF file)
Visit the New York State Fair website for admission information, schedules, maps and directions.
