WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Mud season is beginning in the western Adirondacks.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 6 in the western Adirondacks is closing mud gates to trails and seasonal access roads on Forest Preserve, State Forest, and Conservation Easement Lands due to spring thaw.
The agency says driving on dirt roads during the spring thaw causes damage that results in longer road closures to make repairs.
Region 6 includes Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Herkimer and Oneida Counties.
Gate closures include the Independence River Wild Forest, the Croghan Tract Easement, Sand Flats State Forest in Boonville, and all St. Lawrence County trails.
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