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

New bill will see new statewide regulations to ban the transport of invasive species at public, private and commercial boat launches across New York Protect the Adirondacks applauds today's bill signing by Governor Andrew Cuomo [...]

The West River Road in the central part of the Silver Lake Wilderness area winds along the north side of the West Branch of the Sacandaga River. In many places the road is close to [...]

Legislation passed in June that bans the transport of aquatic invasive species (AIS) across New York has been sent to Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign into law. Similar laws are on the books in a [...]

There have been steady reports through the summer of 2014 of cars and trucks getting stuck in the mud on the Crane Pond Road in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness area. A recent visit to the [...]

Trail work has started on the re-route of the Northville Placid Trail (NPT) in its earliest stages outside of Northville. This new trail will snake through the area that Protect the Adirondacks has proposed for [...]

The Common Ground Alliance (CGA) recently met in Long Lake. One of the break-out sessions focused on reform of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (SLMP), which is the policy document for management of [...]

The Cougar Watch project started as effort to gather information about sightings of cougars (Puma concolor) in the Adirondack Park. Many people have claimed to see cougars over the years, but obtaining physical evidence is [...]

Protect the Adirondacks applauds the decision announced today by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to pull back its draft Essex Chain Complex Unit Management Plan (ECCUMP). This plan was deeply flawed and included a [...]