Please, watch your step.

Reports that the Adirondack Park is so popular with the public that several of its delicate and rare plants are in danger. Every summer thousands of hikers head for northern New York State; Heavy sporting traffic; Worries about the health and safety of sensitive and rare alpine plants; Plants have endured since the last ice age; Blows of hikers' boots; Effort to counteract decline; Summit stewards sponsored; More.