The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a draft plan for amendments to the Unit Management Plans (UMPs) for the Forest Preserve units of Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest, the Camp Santanoni Historic Area, and [...]
South Inlet on Raquette Lake is an easy and beautiful paddle. The return in scenic beauty, calm flat water paddling, fishing, and natural wonders is very high for a short amount of work. The put-in [...]
Exploratory Drilling in Wilderness Would Violate Non-Constitutional Laws; Groups File Legal Challenge to Mineral Testing in Forest Preserve Protect the Adirondacks and three other environmental organizations dedicated to maintaining the integrity of the NYS Forest [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a draft Essex Chain Complex Unit Management Plan. This draft UMP seeks to manage public recreational use of the newly purchased and classified 12,000-acre Essex Chain Lakes [...]
Recent pieces posted by PROTECT Board member Phil Terrie and Executive Director Peter (here and here) in the Adirondack Almanack stressed the importance of placing the Adirondack Park experience and condition in a national context, [...]
The New York Appellate Division, Third Department ruled to uphold approvals by the NYS Adirondack Park Agency for the 6,000-acre Adirondack Club & Resort Project Protect the Adirondacks is disappointed in the decision by the [...]
The Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project (APRAP) recently came out with a 5-year Update. The APRAP Update provides new data on land protection in the Adirondacks, the Park's demographics, school district enrollments, and the delivery [...]
Protect the Adirondacks is pleased to announce that Judith Enck, the EPA Region 2 Administrator, will make a public presentation "Climate Change: The Challenge of Our Time" which features detailed information on recent federal actions [...]
Protect cheers Landmark Aquatic Invasive Species bill that was passed and new term for APA Commissioner Dick Booth, and helped to block Utility Task Vehicles expansion bill On June 20, 2014, the NYS 2014 Legislative [...]
Two bills that concern use of All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and new larger Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs) are working their ways through the State Legislature in Albany. PROTECT opposes legislation (A. 4971-A: "An act to [...]