Protect the Adirondacks
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. is a non-profit, grassroots membership organization dedicated to the protection and stewardship of the public and private lands of the Adirondack Park, and to building the health and diversity of its natural and human communities for the benefit of current and future generations.
Protect the Adirondacks wins historic lawsuit that upholds forever wild protections for the Forest Preserve in the State Constitution.
Click here to read about this landmark legal victory.
Check out online hiking trail guides to 100 terrific hikes outside of the heavily used High Peaks Wilderness Area.
Click here to read 100 online trail guides to great hikes in all corners of the Adirondack Park.
Sign Up as a Member
Become a member of Protect the Adirondacks and add your voice to the defense of the public Forest Preserve, protection of the great forests and waters of the Adirondacks, and help campaign for strengthening protections and improving the management of the six-million-acre Adirondack Park.
The link below will bring you to our secure page to sign up today as a new member.
Become an e-Activist
When you are an E-Activist, we will provide you with information on opportunities to take immediate action online, and also become involved, on an ongoing basis.
The link below will bring you to a quick and easy online form.
Conservation and Advocacy
Sun Community News gets it right in criticism of secret deal making by state agencies and local governments
Adirondack Park management and policymaking would benefit enormously from openness [...]
US Census: Saratoga, Hamilton and Warren Counties all post 2020 population gains in first release of new data
The US Census released its first cut at the 2020 [...]
Protect the Adirondacks rebuts false claims and distortions by Adirondack local government leader about recent historic forever wild court decision GalleryProtect the Adirondacks rebuts false claims and distortions by Adirondack local government leader about recent historic forever wild court decision
Protect the Adirondacks rebuts false claims and distortions by Adirondack local government leader about recent historic forever wild court decision
12 Ways That Indian Lake Town Supervisor Brian Wells Gets [...]
Long stretch of the South Branch of the Grasse River Protected as New York State buys 947 acres of Forest Preserve and 7,047 acres of Conservation Easements GalleryLong stretch of the South Branch of the Grasse River Protected as New York State buys 947 acres of Forest Preserve and 7,047 acres of Conservation Easements
Long stretch of the South Branch of the Grasse River Protected as New York State buys 947 acres of Forest Preserve and 7,047 acres of Conservation Easements
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES $4.3 MILLION ACQUISITION OF 8,000 ACRES TO [...]
After historic Court decision against them, the New York Department of Environmental Protection and Adirondack Park Agency have a big job to get back on the right side of forever wild GalleryAfter historic Court decision against them, the New York Department of Environmental Protection and Adirondack Park Agency have a big job to get back on the right side of forever wild
After historic Court decision against them, the New York Department of Environmental Protection and Adirondack Park Agency have a big job to get back on the right side of forever wild
The May 4, 2021, decision by the New York Court [...]
Virtual Annual Meeting via ZOOM on July 17, 2021
2021 Annual Meeting will be held via Zoom. Bad weather [...]