Hike Baker Mountain
Baker Mountain is an short 0.9-mile hike to rocky outcrops with sweeping views of the Village of Saranac Lake and the surrounding lakes and mountains Baker Mountain 0.9 mile (1.8 round-trip) North Elba, Essex County [...]
Hike Auger Falls
Auger Falls is a short hike to a beautiful ravine and waterfall south of Speculator Auger Falls 0.4 mile (0.8 round-trip/1.2 mile loop) Wells, Hamilton County Siamese Ponds Wilderness Hiking, Snowshoeing Level of Difficulty: Easy [...]
Oral Arguments at the Court of Appeals was the Last Stop in PROTECT’s 8-Year Legal Fight to Defend Forever Wild
Oral arguments were made on March 23, 2021 at the New York Court of Appeals in lawsuit by Protect the Adirondacks against the Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency over alleged heavy tree [...]
New York State Assembly and State Senate Release Budgets with Big News for Adirondack Park
The New York State Assembly hit a home run in its fiscal year 2021-22 New York State budget with the historic increase of the Environmental Protection Fund. The New York State Senate hit one out of [...]
Thoughts on the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Committee final report
New High Peaks Advisory Group report calls for broad, long-term reforms of Forest Preserve management. The eagerly awaited final report of the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group (HPAG) is out. It was worth the [...]
Adirondack Park Agency Large-scale Subdivision Application process fails its first test
The APA gets low marks for its inability to meaningfully improve or change a 34-lot subdivision in the southern Adirondacks. After 2-year review, the project is barely changed from the original submission. A proposed 34-lot [...]
Conservation Development Design standards are badly needed for major subdivisions regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency
Current Legislation in the State Assembly and State Senate seeks to reform the APA Act to protect open space and prevent forest and habitat fragmentation. This would be the most important revision of the APA [...]
Article 14 Lawsuit Update
Briefs Have Been Submitted to the Court of Appeals Updated March 1, 2021 The formal filings by both sides are complete in the lawsuit by Protect the Adirondacks against the New York State Department of [...]
PROTECT supports removal of the dilapidated Debar Lodge and the ecological restoration of the site
The State of New York Proposes a new 41-acre "Day Use Area" at Debar Lodge and Debar Pond, while supporters of keeping the dilapidated complex of buildings seek an Article 14 amendment for 6 acres [...]
Adirondack Park Virtual Environmental Lobby Day February 25-26, 2021
Join Us for Two Virtual Lobby Days to Lobby New York State Leaders for Adirondack Priorities We need you to help us lobby New York State Senators and Assemblymembers to defend and protect the Adirondack Park! [...]