Protect the Adirondacks
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. is a non-profit, grassroots membership organization dedicated to the protection and stewardship of the public and private lands of the Adirondack Park, and to building the health and diversity of its natural and human communities for the benefit of current and future generations.
We need your help to submit a public comment by April 17th to keep the public Forest Preserve wild and limit motor vehicle use
Click here to file a public comment to help keep the Forest Preserve wild and motor vehicle use tightly regulated.
PROTECT supports anti-wildlife hunting contest legislation
Click here to read about legislation to stop wildlife hunting contests.
Sign Up as a Member
Become a member of Protect the Adirondacks and add your voice to the defense of the public Forest Preserve, protection of the great forests and waters of the Adirondacks, and help campaign for strengthening protections and improving the management of the six-million-acre Adirondack Park.
The link below will bring you to our secure page to sign up today as a new member.
Become an e-Activist
When you are an E-Activist, we will provide you with information on opportunities to take immediate action online, and also become involved, on an ongoing basis.
The link below will bring you to a quick and easy online form.
Conservation and Advocacy
Public comments needed to make the Adirondack Park Agency comply with state laws to protect the Forest Preserve
We need you to write a public comment to help [...]
APA-DEC take a bold stand to deny reality
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation [...]
NYSDEC now admits that the Cooperstown Wolf was a wild wolf
After a large 85-pound canid was shot by a hunter [...]
Adirondack Park Agency loses in State Supreme Court in Warren County on permit authorizing chemical treatment of Eurasian Watermilfoil on Lake George
On Friday, March 3, 2023, the Supreme Court in Warren [...]
Court strikes down Adirondack Park Agency permit for major expansion of marina on Lower Saranac Lake
Appellate Division, Third Department, strikes down Lower Saranac Lake Marina [...]
Adirondack Park Environmental Lobby Day 2023 was a big success
Over 50 Legislative leaders were lobbied on February 28th by a [...]