Visitor Use Management Plan

The growing popularity of the Adirondacks has prompted several studies into what is called visitor use management planning. The latest released this week by the Adirondack Council finds that high use is not only affecting the wilderness, it is diminishing hikers’ solitude.

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation held a public meeting this week to provide an overview of the creation of a Visitor Use Management Plan being developed for the High Peaks and the Kaaterskill Clove area of the Catskills.