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Beginning in 2020, the group planned to work on the Long Trail up Mt. Jo, and in October 2023, they finished their work on the new trail. On October 14, the ADK had a ribbon cutting ceremony and 50 members hiked up the trail to celebrate. The trail is near Lake Placid, and more than 18,000 visitors
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In an introduction to the club's 20th anniversary Annual Report in 1942, then president Roosevelt wrote " an appropriate time to emphasize the Club's initial statement of policy, adhered to and acted upon vigorously throughout the years, that 'the Adirondack Forest preserve belongs to the people of
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come to the trail annually, which le to the trail needing restored. The trail restoration was funded by the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund.
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The Adirondack Mountain Club has worked to make sites more accessible. In August 2023, they opened two accessible sites at the Wilderness Campground at Heart Lake.
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The idea of forming the ADK was conceived by Meade C. Dobson, an official of the New York State Association of Real Estate Boards and the secretary of the
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the State of New York' and that 'we believe in a continuing policy that shall give the widest and wisest use of the Forest to all.' "
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founded in 1922. It has approximately 30,000 members. The ADK is dedicated to the protection and responsible recreational use of the
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and guidebooks, and to educate the public regarding the conservation of natural resources and prevention of forest fires.
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by clearing and marking 140 miles of trails. One of the first trails constructed by club members was the 133-mile
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The initial meeting, attended by 40 people, took place on December 5, 1921, in the log cabin atop the
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In its early years when there were few trails, ADK supplemented the work of the
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Nature conservation organizations based in the United States
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Environmental organizations based in the United States
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and to protect the area from commercial development.
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Mount Jo
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Northville-Placid Trail
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