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Can volunteers help New York s overcrowded hiking trails?
New Adopt-a-Trail program aims to reduce wear and tear along popular hikes
Roger Hannigan Gilson
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Kaaterskill Falls in Greene County is one of the many popular hikes in the Hudson Valley that drew larger than normal crowds during the pandemic. To reduce trail use this summer, the DEC will assign volunteers to select trailheads in the state to persuade hikers to leave no trace or try a less crowded trail as part of a new Adopt-a-Trail program.Roger Hannigan Gilson
With indoor recreation shuttered last year and the region home to a wave of new dwellers from New York City riding out the pandemic in greener pastures, a deluge of often inexperienced hikers jammed mountain roads, overfilled parking lots, and caused an unusual amount of wear and tear on trails from Mount Beacon to Kaaterskill Falls.