Current Legislation in the State Assembly and State Senate seeks to reform the APA Act to protect open space and prevent forest and habitat fragmentation. This would be the most important revision of the APA [...]
Briefs Have Been Submitted to the Court of Appeals21 Updated March 1, 2021 The formal filings by both sides are complete in the lawsuit by Protect the Adirondacks against the New York State Department of [...]
The State of New York Proposes a new 41-acre "Day Use Area" at Debar Lodge and Debar Pond, while supporters of keeping the dilapidated complex of buildings seek an Article 14 amendment for 6 acres [...]
Join Us for Two Virtual Lobby Days to Lobby New York State Leaders for Adirondack Priorities We need you to help us lobby New York State Senators and Assemblymembers to defend and protect the Adirondack Park! [...]
NYS Assembly-Senate Environmental Conservation Budget Hearing on January 27, 2021 via Zoom January 27, 2021 Hon. Liz Krueger, Chair NYS Senate Finance Committee 172 State Street, Capitol Building Room 416 Capitol Albany, NY 12247 Hon. Helene [...]
Save Whitney Park: Sign Your Name to a Petition to Governor Cuomo! Sign our Petition Today For more than 50 years, the 36,000-acre Whitney Park has been the top land protection priority in New York [...]
The COVID19 pandemic changed the nature of Adirondack Park environmental advocacy work in 2020. Like a lot of American life, the pandemic changed things in Adirondacks, depressing many businesses while catalyzing an explosion of public [...]
A joint letters was submitted to state leaders in Albany by Protect the Adirondacks, Adirondack Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, and Adirondack Wild Click here for a copy of the group letter January 15, 2021 Honorable [...]
Proposed development seeks an APA permit for 32 houses around Woodward Lake in the southern Adirondacks Protect the Adirondacks has a number of concerns about the proposed Adirondack Park Agency (APA) project 2018-123 submitted by New [...]
Peter Hornbeck, founder of Hornbeck Boats and master boatbuilder of lightweight canoes and kayaks with a distinctive red stripe below the gunwales, famous throughout the Adirondacks and beyond, died quietly and unexpectedly at his home in [...]
