While many people hike up to Tassell Hill via Hardscrable Road from the north, another option is to hike from Upper White Road / Janis Street via the Mountain Bike Trail. This is a nice hike, with gradual ascents, though the bike trail has a lot of switch backs but it beats trying to climb over all the downed trees over the very rutted old woods road.
In 2023, according to the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), 14% of New York households were financially insecure. Yet this measure failed to account for an additional 33% of households that were also experiencing financial hardship. These households are ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed — with income above the FPL, but not enough to afford basic expenses in the county where they live.
Between ALICE households and those living in poverty, an estimated 48% of households in New York were below the ALICE Threshold in 2023. Households below the Threshold are forced to make impossible choices — like deciding whether to pay for utilities or a car repair, whether to buy food or fill a prescription.
Learn more about ALICE from United for ALICE.
The James Morrison bridge is sometimes called the Cornplanter Bridge on USFS maps, though the Seneca's reject the term as they consider it to be an insult as they were flooded out of their land once promised to be their own for eternity under eminent domain. The bridge has narrow shoulders and low guard rails, though one time I walked out on it, and the public not prohibited from walking on it by sign or other measure.
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