Help save Whitney Park
The 36,000-acre Whitney Park has been at the top of New York’s land protection list for decades. Send a letter or an email today to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to protect Whitney Park by [...]
Remembering Dale Jeffers (1944-2024), a founding member of Protect the Adirondacks
Founding Board member, Dale F. Jeffers (1944-2024), passed away on October 18, 2024, at his home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., one day shy of his 80th birthday. Dale was a long-time Adirondack Park environmental activist, who [...]
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency aim to violate the Forever Wild clause again
DEC and APA have embraced a new plan for wide snowmobile trails that violate the constitutional protections for the Forest Preserve and recent court decisions. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency [...]
APA rushes to approve a major mountaintop mine expansion
Public Comments to APA Are Needed Now to Protect the Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area and Local Rural Quality of Life! Submit comment letters or emails through November 6th! The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting [...]
APA needs to follow DEC’s lead and adopt new wetlands regulations
PROTECT supports new DEC wetlands regulations and urges APA to adopt new wetlands regulations to comply with State law. PROTECT submitted comments on new regulations proposed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) for implementing [...]
DEC’s ill-advised and illegal plan to cut trees on Prospect Mountain should be rescinded
DEC Needs to Rescind Its Plan to Cut Trees on Prospect Mountain The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wants to cut 13,393 trees on the Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway and at the Day Use [...]
The future of the 36,000-acre Whitney Park
The future of Whitney Park, long the top target for protection by the State of New York, is in flux after the sudden and unexpected passing of its owner. The future of Whitney Park, an [...]
Public comments needed to strengthen New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Act draft regulations
Submit your comment today to the Department of Environmental Conservation on its draft wetlands regulations. Comments are due by September 19, 2024. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comments on the proposed [...]
Public comments needed by August 30th on New York’s goal to protect 30% of the state’s land and waters by 2030
Submit your comment today to the Department of Environmental Conservation on its draft “Strategies and Methodology” for complying with New York’s 30 by 30 Act The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comments [...]
Governor Kathy Hochul and the 30 by 30 Act
Governor Kathy Hochul needs to make land protection across New York State a major priority. In 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “30 by 30” law that established a conservation goal for New York State [...]