PROTECT Board Names Barbara Rottier as Chair At its October 3, 2026 meeting, the Board of Directors of Protect the Adirondacks elected Barbara Rottier to serve as its next Chair, succeeding Chuck Clusen, who has [...]
Protect the Adirondacks is the leading voice for saving Whitney Park Protect the Adirondacks has been a leading voice for the protection of Whitney Park for years. PROTECT and other environmental and conservation groups have [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation released the final SWAP A federal grant program provides funding for the preservation and management of fish and wildlife diversity. To be eligible for funding, states must develop a State [...]
Nearly one year after the APA Board voted to send the proposed weapons firing range to an adjudicatory hearing, the Administrative Law Judge in charge of the hearing sends the matter back to the APA [...]
Federal and State candidates were sent our candidate questionnaire in August 2026. This non-partisan candidate questionnaire is intended to inform voters about where candidates for U.S. Congress (House of Representatives) and for the State Legislature [...]
Wake boats, when used for wake sports, create large waves Summer is in full swing and that means many types of water-based activities are taking place on Adirondack lakes. Wake sports are emerging in the [...]
During the organization’s Annual Meeting on July 11 at Garnet Hill Lodge in North River, NY, Protect the Adirondacks was pleased to honor Charles "Chuck" M. Clusen with the Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award for his extraordinary [...]
The Adirondack Land Trust purchased 2,390 acres around Drake Mountain in Essex County and the Open Space Institute bought the 1,525-acre former Sabattis Boy Scout Reservation on Low's Lake in St. Lawrence County Two important [...]
Join a community of volunteers engaged in a scientifically robust way to study mammal populations across New York State Thousands of volunteers across New York State are participating in a massive wildlife study of New [...]
The new High Peaks Visitor Use Management Plan is deeply flawed, but marks an advance in overall Forest Preserve management in the Adirondack Park The long-awaited “High Peaks Project Area Visitor Use Management Pilot Project [...]
