My relationship with hiking trails started when I joined the Onondaga Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club in 1981. One of my first ADK events was a trail building trip on the Finger Lakes Trail [...]
The official classification of the The Nature Conservancy-Finch Paper lands is now front a center in public debate as the state has completed purchase of the 18,000-acre Essex Chain Lakes tract, the first of four [...]
Protect the Adirondacks salutes the outstanding stewardship of the Elk Lake-Clear Pond Preserve in recently donating a conservation easement on its entire 12,000-acre holding on the south side of the Dix Mountain Wilderness, located primarily [...]
In the waning days of his campaign for reelection in October 2012, President Barack Obama started talking about climate change again. He stopped talking about climate change pretty much after his first campaign was over [...]
Note: Protect the Adirondacks does not have a position on the reintroduction of cougars to the Adirondack Park, but we welcome the work of Dr. John Laundre, a wildlife biologist from the State University of [...]
Inclusion of more lands in the forest preserve is viewed by some as a "kiss of death" for the economy. I don't agree. Here is an example. Several months ago a couple entered our boat [...]
PROTECT salutes the fine work of the Open Space Institute (OSI) to purchase and protect the historic Marion River Carry in the Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County. OSI purchased over 250 acres on the [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has been monitoring the construction of the new community connector class II snowmobile trail from the Limekiln Lake-Cedar River Road to the Sagamore Road in Raquette Lake in the Moose River Plains [...]
Protect the Adirondacks Adirondack Mountain Club Adirondack Council Adirondack Wild Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter January 7, 2013 Hon. Andrew Cuomo Executive Chamber State Capital Albany, NY 12224 Hon. Joe Martens Commissioner NYSDEC 325 Broadway, 14th [...]
Protect the Adirondacks supports a decision by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to postpone action on a new draft General Permit to dramatically ease the rules for clearcutting in the Adirondack Park. Current rules call [...]