New York parks department to buy 1,200 acres in Hudson Valley

... The ultimate goal is for hikers to able to walk from the Bear Mountain Bridge in Westchester to Beacon in Dutchess County, all on protected land. "There's still more to do. We're continuing to work with local property owners to do that," said ...

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