Two bills that concern use of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and new larger Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs) are working their ways through the State Legislature in Albany. PROTECT opposes legislation (A. 4971-A: "An act to [...]
Protect the Adirondacks is calling for the creation of a new 12,850-acre West Stony Creek Wilderness area, consisting of 3,325 acres of lands purchased by the State of New York earlier in 2014 from The [...]
Today's announcement that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released draft greenhouse gas emission reduction regulations for over 1,000 existing power plants is a major landmark in environmental history. EPA estimates that 83% of [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has identified a potential new 12,000-acre Wilderness area in the southern Adirondack Park. The new West Stony Creek Wilderness consists of 3,300 acres of lands recently purchased by the State of New [...]
The Seventh Lake Mountain snowmobile trail that connects to communities of Indian Lake, and those further south, to Raquette Lake without having to pay the Inlet-Old Forge trail system fee has been controversial since it [...]
Protect the Adirondack supports new aquatic invasive species (AIS) legislation introduced in the New York State Senate and Assembly to stop the spread of AIS through New York waters. This legislation (S. 7273/A. 9619) is [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a draft Temporary Revocable Permit (TRP) and work plan that details how it proposes to enact the Constitutional Amendment that narrowly passed last November that authorized "mineral [...]
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has released various draft materials that describe how they plan to implement and manage the Constitutional Amendment that authorized "mineral exploration" and possible sale of Forest Preserve lands. These actions [...]
A new study by the U.S. Global Climate Research Program, as part of the National Climate Assessment, shows far-reaching impacts already occurring across the U.S. from climate change. This reports lays out current impacts in [...]
Protect the Adirondacks cheers a 6-2 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that upholds the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollution between states. The Supreme Court decision enables to the EPA [...]