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Patagonia and the Mountaineer give to Summit Stewards

Summit Steward Coordinator Kayla White and Mountaineer owner Vinny McClelland hold a Mountaineer bandana on Baxter Mountain in Keene. (Photo provided — Dustin Ulrich, The Mountaineer)

Patagonia and The Mountaineer, an outdoor gear store in Keene Valley, recently teamed up to support educational and research efforts atop Adirondack peaks.

The $4,000 grant to the Adirondack High Peaks Summit Stewardship Program will enable Summit Stewards to educate hikers about the fragile nature of the alpine vegetation and conduct research on the populations of rare, threatened and endangered plant species.

The Summit Steward program is a partnership of the Adirondack Mountain Club, the Adirondack Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The program is in its 29th season of protecting New York’s alpine zone through education, trail work, and research. Since 1989, stewards have educated over 478,000 hikers atop New York’s highest peaks, such as Marcy and Algonquin, and others popular for hikers, such as Cascade.

Those interested in supporting the work of the Summit Stewards can donate directly to the program through www.adk.org or to the 507 Fund for Summit Stewardship at www.507fund.org.

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