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Build on the park’s success

hat does success look like? Twenty years ago, New York State made important land purchases within the park. Tourism to the park was actively promoted. Acid rain was declining. Environmental groups and local residents worked together to find ways to stimulate the local economy in this “lived-in” park. The congestion that we now have in the High Peaks area is, in fact, a success

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