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70-Foot Fall Kills Hiker in Zoar Valley

A 20-year-old man slipped and fell into a gorge last weekend.

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Mountain Biker Rescued after 3 Days Lost in Fulton County

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Watch These Bears Raid a Car in the Adirondacks

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Passaic County Park Gets Hiker-Friendly Upgrades

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Lyme Disease Vaccine Could Be Around the Corner

A French drug manufacturer is developing a vaccine for the tick-borne illness.

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Hiker Killed in Fall at Breakneck Ridge

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Adirondacks Rangers Rescue 5 Lost Hikers in a Week

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"Outdoors Day" Celebrations Set for June 9

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Queens Teacher Dies of Hypothermia in the Catskills

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Bluff Trail at Chimney Bluffs Will Be Closed This Summer

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Street Tree Program Kicks Off at Gowanus Canal

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New York's Last Game Farm to Get Public Trail

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Mountain Bike Trails Coming to Darien Lakes State Park this Summer

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State Expands the Popular First-Time Camper Program for 2018

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Trail Conference Celebrates Appalachian Trail's New York Origins

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Hunter Mountain to Add New Ski Trails, High-Speed Lift

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Nor'easters Extending Ski Season Across New England

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Inside the AMC Cabin Controversy

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Adirondacks Hut-to-Hut Study Released

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Protesters Force Delay on Sale of AMC Cabin

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Cuomo Moves Forward with Controversial Adirondacks Rail-Trail Plan

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Albany to Transform Interstate Off-Ramp into "Skyway" Park

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Lake Placid to Host Winter World University Games

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New York Awards $450,000 to Parks and Historic Sites

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Locals Fighting for Public Recreation, Not Dumping, on Burlington Island

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DEC Weighing Wetlands Designation for Ridgewood Reservoir

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Visitation at New York State Parks Rises to 71.5 Million

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Nature Conservancy Expands Boquet River Nature Preserve

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Officials Move on NYC-to-Canada Trail Project

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New York Seeking Campground Ambassadors

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Queens Boy Dies Rescuing Friend from Icy Pond

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New State Park Proposed for Brooklyn

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Two Adirondacks Hikers Rescued after Ice-Related Injuries

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Boreas Plan Would Add 11,000 Acres to High Peaks Wilderness

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The Time is Now for Ice Fishing New York Lakes

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Bad News: Bomb Cyclone Didn't Kill Off Next Spring's Ticks

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Governor's New Budget Full of Eco-Friendly Initiatives

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CamelBak Pursuit Series Coming to New York this Summer

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NY League of Conservation Voters Releases 2018 Policy Priorities

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Don't Trash that Christmas Tree

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Appalachian Trail Short Film Series Kicks Off Season 2

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DEC Reveals Plans for New Adirondacks Campground

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Who Should Pay for Wilderness Rescues?

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State Grants $668,000 to Long Island Conservation Projects

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Oak-Killing Fungus Spreading Across New York

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More Work Needed to Clean up the Hudson River

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New York State Parks Free for Black Friday

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Class: Essential Wilderness Skills

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Salmon River Fish Hatchery Completes 1st Wave of Makeover

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State Preserves Coastal Woodlands at Flax Pond

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Appalachian Trail Conservancy Names New President

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Voters Approve NY's Forest Preserve Amendment

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Hordes of Hikers Overrunning Adirondacks High Peaks

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First-Ever Tupper Triad Challenge Draws ADK Crowds

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New Measure Aims to Amend "Forever Wild" Protections

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20,000 Trees To Be Planted in Jamaica Bay

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Nature Conservancy Launches Initiative for Clean Energy

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Rails to Trails to Ales

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Children Injured, Parents Die in Zoar Valley Gorge Fall [UPDATE]

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Officials To Close Popular Trailheads For Holiday Weekends

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Breakneck Ridge Trail to Close For Repairs

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"Critter Shelf" To Help Wildlife Cross State Route 12

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Stocking Round Whitefish in ADK Deemed Successful

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Emerald Ash Borer Found In NY

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Long Island Bays "Are Dying," Says Report.

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More Funding to Restore River Herring and Eel Habitat

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Monastery & Meditation Hike

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Catskills Swimming Holes Being Loved to Death

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"The Great 21st Century Base Camp" Pitched for ADK Frontier Town Site

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Video: Adirondacks Hiker Comes Face-to-Face With Moose

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Conservation Fund Buys 23,000 acres Near Albany

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New York City's Bike Community Shows Explosive Growth

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In New York, Free Gear for First-time Campers

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NYC Hiker Dies in Apparent Fall at Breakneck Ridge

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NYC Ranks #7 on Parks

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Google Street View Coming to Passaic County Trails

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Body of Missing New York Hiker Discovered at Colorado Park

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Oysters Point to a Healthier Waterfront in the Bronx

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Governor Pledges $2 Million to Expand New York Trails

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More than 50 Groups Push Styrofoam Ban in NYC

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