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Some fees at Baxter State Park are getting an increase to help maintain the park. Entrance fee(non-Maine residents), camping fee, and parking fee are a few of the increases that go into effect Jan 15, 2025.

https://baxterstatepark.org/2024/12/02/fees-changing-in-2025/

Rangers assist ill-prepared 18yr old hiker on the trail to Indian Head in the Catskills after call from parent. Once located 2 rangers treated the hiker for mild hypothermia and assisted him down the trail.

https://dec.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2024/12/dec-forest-rangers-week-in-review

44 year old hiker dies in fall in White Mountains in Franconia.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/littleton-new-hampshire-hiker-dies/3559890/

Pa DCNR Lifts ban on campfires in state parks and forest lands.

https://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/DCNR_details.aspx?newsid=1145

NY Southern Zone regular firearms season for deer and bear hunting begins Nov 16.

https://dec.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2024/11/dec-announces-regular-firearms-season-for-deer-and-bear-hunting-in-the-southern-zone-begins-nov-16

Catskills 2023 Fire Tower Challenge. Visit all 6 fire towers in the Catskills in 2023 to complete the challenge.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/76620.html

Mount Washington in New Hampshire records a record wind chill temperature on 2/4/23 of -108°F.

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2023-02-02-mount-washington-new-hampshire-extreme-weather-wind-chill

Spring 2023 Baxter State Park bunkhouses to resume normal usage. Different parties will be able to reserve individual bunks once again.

https://baxterstatepark.org/2023/01/06/bunkhouses-will-resume-normal-usage-in-spring-2023/

Another tragic hiker death on the Franconia Ridge on 12/24/2022.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-12-27/authorities-man-who-died-hiking-mount-lincoln-was-from-salem

NYDEC Forest Rangers assisted in 2 tragic wilderness recoveries of deceased hikers and also performed 2 wilderness rescues of injured hikers. NYDEC week in review.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/126786.html

A hiker fell to his death from the summit of Mount Willard at Crawford Notch in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-12-11/hiker-falls-to-death-from-cliff-atop-new-hampshire-mountain

At 4:22am, a 19 year old hiker rescued near summit of Algonquin Peak in waist-deep snow, becoming lethargic, and dozing off. He was taken to Adirondack Medical Center.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/126649.html

Young hiker death. 20 year old hiker Emily Sotelo set out to hike the Franconia Ridge on Nov. 20th in harsh weather conditions and was reported missing later by a family member. Search teams found her body on Nov. 23rd on the northwest side of Mount Lafayette.

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-11-23/body-of-missing-hiker-found-in-new-hampshire

The New Jersey Fish and Game Council voted to approve emergency regulations amending the Game Code and adopting a new Comprehensive Black Bear Management Plan to control the black bear population

https://dep.nj.gov/njfw/bears/bear-hunting-season-information/

Wilderness recoveries, wildland fires, hiker injury, the NYSDEC Forest Rangers week in review.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/126553.html

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources today announced that outdoor recreation contributed $13.64 billion to Pennsylvania's economy and the sixth largest outdoor recreation economy in the nation...

https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/dcnr_details.aspx?newsid=942

NYSDEC Announces Regular Firearms Season for Deer and Bear Hunting in Southern Zone Begins Nov. 19

https://www.dec.ny.gov/press/126523.html

Mount Greylock State Reservation Notice: Auto roads to the summit, Bascom Lodge and the War Memorial Tower are closed for the season.

https://www.mass.gov/locations/mount-greylock-state-reservation