Protect the Adirondacks supports a new Constitutional Amendment for Article XIV, Section 1, the "forever wild" provision of the NYS Constitution, introduced by State Senator Elizabeth Little, to authorize the sale of 92 acres of [...]

The purchase of the Boreas Ponds tract is a major milestone in the history of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, a stellar accomplishment by the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and a feather in the [...]

We're moving into an era of one-agency rule in the Adirondack Park and that should be very troubling to everyone. For nearly 45 years, management of the public Forest Preserve has been based on checks [...]

An aerial of the Boreas Ponds with the High Peaks in the background. This is the centerpiece of New York's newest tract of Forest Preserve.   Protect the Adirondacks cheers the state's acquisition [...]

State approves $300 million EPF in state budget, significant boost to funding for land protection, invasive species control and state land stewardship Protect the Adirondacks applauds the New York State budget being passed in Albany. [...]

At the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting on Friday March 11, 2016, the APA acted to amend the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) to make a series of changes, the most controversial being [...]

APA vote today marks the first time in the last 40 years to weaken, not strengthen, protections for the Forest Preserve APA removed Essex Chain Lakes tract from Wilderness management by opening bicycle routes and [...]

The Adirondack Forest Preserve, owned by all New Yorkers and protected in the State Constitution as "forever wild" since 1895, is an internationally recognized treasure. It is managed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]

Protect the Adirondacks applauds Governor Cuomo for his plans to expand the NYS Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to $300 million in his new state budget to be released later this month. This expansion marks the [...]