13 12, 2024

Five Adirondack groups urge the NYS Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation to stop their assault on Wilderness

2024-12-13T14:36:45-05:00December 13, 2024|

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 [...]

10 12, 2024

New 2023-2024 Annual Report released for Protect the Adirondacks

2024-12-13T06:47:04-05:00December 10, 2024|

Annual report covers the highlights of the work of Protect the Adirondacks from 2023 to 2024. Protect the Adirondacks has released "New Beginnings" our 2023-2024 Annual Report. This report covers our work over the last [...]

19 11, 2024

Understanding the Americans With Disabilities Act and How It Affects Management of the Forest Preserve

2024-11-20T13:10:07-05:00November 19, 2024|

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) [...]

31 10, 2024

APA seeks to weaken protections for Adirondack Forest Preserve

2024-10-31T14:07:55-04:00October 31, 2024|

Take a stand to protect Wilderness in the Adirondack Forest Preserve! Submit comment letters or emails through December 2, 2024. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on proposed changes to the Adirondack [...]

25 10, 2024

Remembering Dale Jeffers (1944-2024), a founding member of Protect the Adirondacks

2024-10-25T11:16:01-04:00October 25, 2024|

Founding Board member, Dale F. Jeffers (1944-2024), passed away on October 18, 2024, at his home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., one day shy of his 80th birthday. Dale was a long-time Adirondack Park environmental activist, who [...]

8 10, 2024

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency aim to violate the Forever Wild clause again

2024-10-08T06:43:40-04:00October 8, 2024|

DEC and APA have embraced a new plan for wide snowmobile trails that violate the constitutional protections for the Forest Preserve and recent court decisions. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency [...]

4 10, 2024

APA rushes to approve a major mountaintop mine expansion

2024-10-22T19:40:52-04:00October 4, 2024|

Public Comments to APA Are Needed Now to Protect the Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area and Local Rural Quality of Life! Submit comment letters or emails through November 6th! The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting [...]

2 10, 2024

APA needs to follow DEC’s lead and adopt new wetlands regulations

2024-10-08T06:59:04-04:00October 2, 2024|

PROTECT supports new DEC wetlands regulations and urges APA to adopt new wetlands regulations to comply with State law. PROTECT submitted comments on new regulations proposed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) for implementing [...]

1 10, 2024

DEC’s ill-advised and illegal plan to cut trees on Prospect Mountain should be rescinded

2024-10-01T09:55:22-04:00October 1, 2024|

DEC Needs to Rescind Its Plan to Cut Trees on Prospect Mountain The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to cut 13,393 trees on the Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway and at the Day Use [...]

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