Protect the Adirondacks cheers the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to reopen the public hearing on a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the Endangered Species Act. [...]
Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed the official Forest Preserve classification recommendations from the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for over 42,000 acres. These lands include new and existing Forest Preserve [...]
The proposed new regulations (Part 59, Section 59.4, Part 190, Section 190.24 "Aquatic Invasive Species Control at State Boat Launching and Fishing Access Sites") from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help control the [...]
The Lake George Park Commission voted this week to begin a new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program to control invasive species. Protect the Adirondacks applauds the new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program established [...]
In 2006, massive die-offs of hibernating bats was first detected. Estimates quickly found that 75% or more of known bats populations had died due to a mysterious new ailment that has since identified as White-Nose [...]
Background In 2013, Protect the Adirondacks filed a lawsuit that challenges the construction and management of snowmobile trails on the Forest Preserve by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). PROTECT [...]
Have You Seen a Cougar? Cougar Watch is a project to record public sightings of cougars (Puma concolor) in and around the Adirondack Park. There are regular reports of cougar sightings throughout the Adirondacks, but [...]
Protect the Adirondacks and other groups opposed passage of Proposal 5 to amend the State Constitution to allow NYCO Minerals, Inc., to engage in mining activities on the forever wild Forest Preserve on 200 acres [...]
Protect the Adirondacks manages the largest water quality monitoring program in the Adirondack Park in partnership with the Adirondack Watersheds Institute at Paul Smith's College. In 2014, we over 70 lakes and ponds will be [...]
Long-term climate change data tells a clear story about a changing planet. The charts are at the bottom of this article and represent decades of scientific study from the leading institutions in the U.S. and [...]