The Adirondack Park, in northeastern New York state, is a 6.1 million-acre preserve that contains the Adirondack mountain range, thousands of lakes and ponds, stands of old-growth forest, sprinklings of museums and a handful of forts dating back to the French and Indian War. More than half of the area is privately owned, but landowners tend to be as conservation-minded as those managing the public parks and forests.

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