For years, Protect the Adirondacks has urged the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to conduct a carrying capacity study for the Saranac Chain of Lakes. This [...]
Come to Albany on May 6th for Wolf Lobby Day to Help Protect Wolves in New York State PROTECT continues to advocate for a new wolf bill that would collect data about, and provide further [...]
Protect the Adirondacks supports a proposed Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid. At the Mt. Van Hoevenberg complex, the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) currently manages [...]
The Senate and Assembly have each proposed one-house budgets that provide funding for critical programs in the Adirondack Park! The Executive Budget proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul on January 21, 2025 left a lot to [...]
Michael Wilson was born in 1945 in Santa Monica, California, and passed away at the end of February, 2025 in Glenwood, Maryland. Michael and his family spent decades in the Adirondack Park immersed in the [...]
PROTECT supports proposed bill providing tax incentives to conserve wild forest lands on private property. A new proposed bill would provide real property tax incentives to landowners who place permanent protective easements on their forested [...]
Thank you to the members and supporters of PROTECT and 26 other Adirondack organizations for standing up for the Adirondacks! We had over 120 people join together in Albany to show State Legislators that New [...]
Join with PROTECT staff and other Adirondack organizations to advocate State Legislators in Albany for Adirondack Park-specific funding! If you are interested in participating in the Adirondack Park Lobby Day, register online using the registration [...]
This piece by PROTECT's Conservation Director and Counsel, Christopher Amato first appeared in the Adirondack Almanack According to news reports and polling, Americans’ faith in our governmental institutions, particularly administrative agencies, is at an [...]
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 [...]
