Statement from Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club on a Motion to the New York's Highest Court to Appeal of the Appellate Division, 3rd Department, Decision on the Adirondack Park Agency's Approval of the [...]

Protect the Adirondacks applauds the release of the new draft 2014 Open Space Conservation Plan by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Office or Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). This plan is [...]

The Adirondack Park program of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) published a new report about public attitudes towards cougars (Puma concolor) in the Adirondack Park. WCS is the preeminent wildlife research organization in the U.S. [...]

Climate change Questions & Answers for the three 21st Congressional District andidates Protect the Adirondacks sent a questionnaire to each of the three candidates running for Congress in New York's 21st Congressional District, which includes [...]

PROTECT advocated for an APA-controlled process based on wide-ranging stakeholder participation, transparency and public disclosure Protect the Adirondacks applauds actions by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to conduct a new public process to gather input [...]

Protect the Adirondacks recently visited the Bear Creek Road in the Black River Wild Forest Area. This road has a long history of damage from illegal public All Terrain Vehicle (ATVs) use, ingress and egress [...]

The Chub Pond Lean-to 1 is unlike any other lean-to on the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Protect the Adirondacks recently visited the Chub Pond Lean-to 1 in the Black River Wild Forest. We were disheartened to [...]

Statement from Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club on Denial of Motion for Appeal by the Appellate Division, Third Department, to challenge July 2014 decision upholding the Adirondack Park Agency's Approval of the Adirondack [...]

This summer major new forest clearcuts became visible in the hills north of Route 30 between Blue Mountain Lake and Long Lake. These clearcuts (see pictures below) are becoming more and more common across the [...]

UPDATE (September 14, 2014): Since the original publication of this post, which pinned the high level of damage to the Gull Lake Trail on illegal All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) use, a source within the Department of [...]