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.
Help save the 36,000-acre Whitney Park in the central Adirondacks. Send an email to Governor Hochul today.
Click here for more information and see how you can submit a public comment today.
Help Protect the Adirondacks raise $75,000 in a challenge match in our 2025 year-end membership drive. All donations and contributions will be matched dollar-for-dollar.
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
Public comments are needed for NYS Climate Action Council draft scoping plan
Protect the Adirondacks has reviewed the 861-page Draft Scoping Plan [...]
Forests and Carbon: Why we need to preserve New York’s intact forests and plant new forests
Forests are vital for carbon sequestration and long-term storage. According [...]
It’s time to work out a Cathead Mountain Constitutional Amendment
Hamilton County has been trying to expand its emergency communications [...]
It’s time to pass a Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex
Protect the Adirondacks supports a proposed Article 14 Constitutional Amendment [...]
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Needs To Conduct A Nationwide Search For New State Forester
The current New York State Forester at the NYS Department [...]
Proposed Article 14 Amendment for Debar Lodge undermines Forest Preserve protections and values and is a programmatic and financial boondoggle
A constitutional amendment to privatize Debar Lodge is a bad [...]