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APA OKs UMP

The Adirondack Park Agency has approved extensive changes to the High Peaks unit management plan (UMP), including proposals for trails and parking areas in the Boreas Ponds region.

The UMP will allow the state Department of Environmental Conservation to build two new parking areas for Boreas Ponds visitors—roughly a

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