The Department of Environmental Conservation released the final SWAP A federal grant program provides funding for the preservation and management of fish and wildlife diversity. To be eligible for funding, states must develop a State [...]
Nearly one year after the APA Board voted to send the proposed weapons firing range to an adjudicatory hearing, the Administrative Law Judge in charge of the hearing sends the matter back to the APA [...]
Federal and State candidates were sent our candidate questionnaire in August 2026. This non-partisan candidate questionnaire is intended to inform voters about where candidates for U.S. Congress (House of Representatives) and for the State Legislature [...]
Wake boats, when used for wake sports, create large waves Summer is in full swing and that means many types of water-based activities are taking place on Adirondack lakes. Wake sports are emerging in the [...]
During the organization’s Annual Meeting on July 11 at Garnet Hill Lodge in North River, NY, Protect the Adirondacks was pleased to honor Charles "Chuck" M. Clusen with the Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award for his extraordinary [...]
The Adirondack Land Trust purchased 2,390 acres around Drake Mountain in Essex County and the Open Space Institute bought the 1,525-acre former Sabattis Boy Scout Reservation on Low's Lake in St. Lawrence County Two important [...]
Join a community of volunteers engaged in a scientifically robust way to study mammal populations across New York State Thousands of volunteers across New York State are participating in a massive wildlife study of New [...]
The new High Peaks Visitor Use Management Plan is deeply flawed, but marks an advance in overall Forest Preserve management in the Adirondack Park The long-awaited “High Peaks Project Area Visitor Use Management Pilot Project [...]
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 [...]
