In 2025, Protect the Adirondacks continued its role as watchdog for the Adirondack Park, focused on the protection of Whitney Park and on advocating for passage of Propsal 1, a Constitutional amendment for Mount Van [...]
19 Groups Send Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul Requesting Funding for the Adirondack Park Protect the Adirondacks (PROTECT) and 18 other groups sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul requesting funding in the Governor's proposed [...]
Saratoga Outdoors donates $25,000 to Protect the Adirondacks through the 1% for the Planet Program In 2024, Protect the Adirondacks joined 1% for the Planet. We were sponsored by Saratoga Outdoors, a popular outdoor clothing [...]
The Whitney Park Property has Natural Resource Limitations that Make it Unsuitable for Development Whitney Park includes 22 lakes and ponds, numerous streams and wetlands, over 100 miles of undeveloped shoreline, and is lightly developed [...]
Annual report covers the highlights of the work of Protect the Adirondacks from 2024-2025 Protect the Adirondacks' Annual Report for 2024-2025 is now available. This report covers our work over the last year, focusing on [...]
All donations and membership contributions will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach $75,000. Every gift counts, every dollar counts. Please help today. 2025 has been a busy year for Protect the Adirondacks. Our work has [...]
On Election Day 2025, New Yorkers voted to pass Proposal 1, to amend Article 14, Section 1, the famed “Forever Wild” clause of the New York State Constitution, to authorize development and maintenance of various [...]
APA Board to vote at its meeting November 13-14, 2025 Overwhelming public comments raised concerns about the weapons firing range; if draft APA Order proposed by staff is passed by the Board, it will be [...]
Protect the Adirondacks supports Proposal Number One (Prop 1) on the ballot: the proposed Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid. At the Mt. Van Hoevenberg complex, [...]
ORDA Constructed Mountain Bike Trail Features in Violation of the State Constitution, State Law and DEC Policy Background on Management of Whiteface Mountain By agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]
