13 11, 2025

Help Protect the Adirondacks raise $75,000 in a challenge match in our 2025 year-end membership drive!

2025-11-13T12:36:57-05:00November 13, 2025|

All donations and membership contributions will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach $75,000. Every gift counts, every dollar counts. Please help today.  2025 has been a busy year for Protect the Adirondacks. Our work has [...]

11 11, 2025

New York State voters pass Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex

2025-11-13T13:09:54-05:00November 11, 2025|

On Election Day 2025, New Yorkers voted to pass Proposal 1, to amend Article 14, Section 1,  the famed “Forever Wild” clause of the New York State Constitution, to authorize development and maintenance of various [...]

10 11, 2025

Adirondack Park Agency releases draft order to send controversial weapons firing range to an adjudicatory hearing

2025-11-10T14:12:17-05:00November 10, 2025|

APA Board to vote at its meeting November 13-14, 2025 Overwhelming public comments raised concerns about the weapons firing range; if draft APA Order proposed by staff is passed by the Board, it will be [...]

10 10, 2025

Vote Yes on Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex

2025-10-10T15:06:38-04:00October 10, 2025|

Protect the Adirondacks supports Proposal Number One (Prop 1) on the ballot: the proposed Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid. At the Mt. Van Hoevenberg complex, [...]

1 10, 2025

ORDA and DEC Must Remove Illegal Features from the Forest Preserve at Whiteface Mountain

2025-10-01T08:43:35-04:00October 1, 2025|

ORDA Constructed Mountain Bike Trail Features in Violation of the State Constitution, State Law and DEC Policy  Background on Management of Whiteface Mountain By agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]

30 09, 2025

Protest Paddle for Wilderness Calls on Governor Hochul to Add Whitney Park to the Forest Preserve

2025-10-02T13:30:25-04:00September 30, 2025|

Paddlers at Paddle for Wilderness protest for the protection of the 36,000-acre Whitney Park and celebrate the Adirondack wildlands canoeing legacy of Peter and Ann Hornbeck. Several dozen paddlers from Protect the Adirondacks and Sierra [...]

27 08, 2025

DEC excludes wolves, cougars and Canada lynx from State Wildlife Action Plan

2025-09-18T10:59:47-04:00August 27, 2025|

The Department of Environmental Conservation is Accepting Comments Now on the Draft SWAP A federal grant program provides funding for the preservation and management of fish and wildlife diversity. To be eligible for funding, states [...]

11 08, 2025

DEC Moves Forward with Plans for Removal of Debar Lodge and Dilapidated Structures

2025-08-12T08:04:30-04:00August 11, 2025|

DEC plans for Debar Lodge and the associated buildings at the site to be removed and the grounds restored to a wild forest setting. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is moving [...]

3 07, 2025

Register for the Paddle for Wilderness on September 13, 2025

2025-09-02T11:27:56-04:00July 3, 2025|

Join the Paddle for Wilderness on Saturday, September 13th. This is a great way to protest for the protection of the 36,000-acre Whitney Park and celebrate the Adirondack wildlands canoeing legacy of Peter and Ann [...]

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