Executive Budget Proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul Fails to Fully Fund Adirondack Park Initiatives The Executive Budget proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul on January 21, 2025 leaves a lot to be desired for the Adirondacks. Last [...]

Submit your comment today to the Department of Environmental Conservation Comments are due by January 14, 2025! A federal grant program provides funding for the preservation and management of fish and wildlife diversity. To be [...]

In 2025, Protect the Adirondacks will continue our work of advocating for the State to ramp up its land protection efforts, which has fallen to all-time low in the Adirondacks and across the State. We [...]

In 2024, Protect the Adirondacks was at the forefront of advocating for the State to significantly ramp up spending and land protection efforts, including the addition of new lands to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Our [...]

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently adopted regulations implementing New York’s Endangered Species Act. The regulations reinstate previous regulatory provisions that were vacated in a 2022 court ruling. The re-issued regulations, which were finalized [...]

Saratoga Outdoors, the popular outdoor recreation clothing and equipment retailer on Broadway in Saratoga Springs generously awarded over a $24,000 grant to Protect the Adirondacks as part of its participation in the 1% for the [...]

The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have embarked on a controversial set of proposed changes to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP), which sets overall management policy for [...]

We break down the Americans With Disabilities Act to help you understand how it affects management of the Forest Preserve Proposed Changes to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) [...]