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 form below to attend or email us at info@protectadks.org. Please register soon to ensure that you have a spot on one of the teams for our Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany. This is a great opportunity to stand up for the natural resources and local communities in the Adirondack Park!
Join us at the State New York State Capitol on Monday February 23, 2026
The tentative plan is to gather at 9:30A.M on the Third Floor Terrace of the Legislative Office Building (LOB) to hear from environmental leaders about our lobbying priorities. Afterwards we will break into groups, with a point person for each group, to meet with various Legislators in the Senate and Assembly. Guidance and lobbying materials will be provided to each participant so that we have concise and consistent talking points. Plan on staying for a few hours to meet with various Legislators in the LOB and possibly in the Capitol Building.
Senator Pete Harckham, Chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, at 2025 Adirondack Park Lobby Day
Lobby Day 2026 Agenda
Here’s the tentative agenda:
9:30 AM: Check-in (LOB Third Floor Terrace)
10:00 AM: Welcome and morning program
11:00 AM – 3:30 PM: Meetings with elected officials and staff
3:30 PM: Debrief/Wrap Up
Don’t miss this chance to stand with us to show state leaders that there is strong grassroots support for environmental protection in the Adirondacks!
Funding Priorities We Want in the Budget
The funding that we will be requesting includes, among other critical programs, funds for:
- Land stewardship and acquisition in the Park to protect lands like Whitney Park and to meet the goals of the State’s 30 by 30 law
- Adirondack Visitor Centers: ADK High Peaks, Catskill Center, Paul Smith’s Visitor Information Center, and SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry Adirondack Interpretative Center in Newcomb
- Adirondack Watershed Institute and Whiteface Mountain Field Station
- A carrying capacity study on major waterbodies in the Adirondacks
- Survey of Climate Change and Adirondack Lakes Ecosystems (SCALE) study
- Timbuctoo Institute
- Invasive species control and prevention
- Water, sewer and septic system infrastructure to keep our water clean
We are also advocating for legislation to implement the road salt pollution prevention measures that were identified in the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force Report.
Click here to read PROTECT’s letter to Governor Kathy Hochul requesting funding for Adirondack Park priorities for the 2026-2027 state budget.
