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Report says High Peaks need more DEC resources | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS The Boreas Ponds tract in the Adirondacks, with peaks in the background, is pictured. Shares0 ADIRONDACKS  More state resources need to be devoted to the heavily used High Peaks Wilderness, with a new entity needed to guide state planning, more forest rangers and natural resource specialists, and a need for visitor management strategies like those used for busy national parks, according to a long-awaited study released late Friday by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group, which included state and local elected officials, business interests and wilderness advocates, has been meeting since 2019 to discuss how to deal with the pressures on the High Peaks and the state Route 73 corridor caused by skyrocketing visitor numbers. Then the pandemic caused the number of visitors to reach a new summit last year.

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