The adopted State Budget funds critical programs within the Adirondack Park, but EPF funding for conservation, land protection and stewardship projects is reduced The State Budget that was finally adopted at the end of May [...]
This important online survey will run through the 2026 hiking season, from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, where hikers can share their recent experiences and thoughts about their hikes and the condition and management of [...]
Battery energy storage projects can fit in the Adirondack Park The idea that battery energy projects must be entirely excluded from the Adirondack Park ignores the benefits that they provide and the fact that we [...]
The State Legislature needs to adopt a statewide moratorium on the sale and land application of biosolids The bill under consideration would establish a five year moratorium on the selling and spreading onto land biosolids [...]
Why Activists Need to Step Up for the Adirondacks By Claudia Braymer, Executive Director, Protect the Adirondacks* As an extremely active organization, Protect the Adirondacks is on the front lines of the problems facing the [...]
The Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan and the 2019 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (SLWF UMP) state that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will conduct a carrying capacity [...]
Annual Meeting to be held on July 11, 2026 at Garnet Hill Lodge REGISTER to join us at the 2026 annual membership meeting of Protect the Adirondacks at Garnet Hill Lodge on July 11, 2026. [...]
The Senate and Assembly have each proposed one-house budgets that provide critical programs in the Adirondack Park The FY27 Executive Budget proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul includes funding for many programs and initiatives for the [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released for public comment a draft Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) Policy (Policy) that will guide where OPDMDs may be used by individuals with mobility disabilities to access [...]
Executive Budget Proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul Includes Important New Constitutional Amendment for Closed Prisons but Shortchanges Funding for Pillar Adirondack Programs The FY27 Executive Budget proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul includes funding for many [...]
