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.
Help save Whitney Park. Sign your name to a petition urging Governor Cuomo to make these lands Forest Preserve!
Click here and sign your name to a petition to urge Governor Cuomo to protect Whitney Park.
Check out 50 terrific hikes outside of the busy High Peaks Wilderness and explore other beautiful and extraordinary places across the Adirondack Park.
Click here for a guide to some great hikes in all corners of the Adirondack Park beyond the High Peaks.
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
Adirondack environmental groups release shared 2021 legislative priorities
A joint letters was submitted to state leaders in Albany [...]
Proposed subdivision of Woodward Lake is a conventional development that fragments an intact forest and rings an Adirondack lake with houses
Proposed development seeks an APA permit for 32 houses around [...]
Peter Hornbeck, Master Boatbuilder, Wilderness Advocate, and PROTECT Board Member, 1943-2020
Peter Hornbeck, founder of Hornbeck BoatsĀ and master boatbuilder of lightweight [...]
Things Fall Apart at the Adirondack Park Agency
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) was rocked last week with [...]
Sign Petition to Save Whitney Park
Save Whitney Park: Sign Your Name to a Petition to [...]
PROTECT supports removal of Debar Lodge
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and [...]