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.
Join Us at Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany & Stand Up for Funding in the State Budget for the Adirondacks: Monday, February 23, 2026
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
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 [...]
PROTECT goes back to court to try and get the NYS DEC and APA to obey the courts
Protect the Adirondacks is very disappointed that we’ve been forced [...]
DEC Commissioner’s Budget Hearing testimony was false and misleading regarding state’s lack of compliance with forever wild court decisions
The testimony on February 1, 2022 at the joint Assembly-Senate [...]
No major changes for Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks, State must do more
The current New York State budget being negotiated by Governor [...]
Comments on draft New York 2022-23 budget: Invest in the Forest Preserve and Uphold the Forever Wild Clause
In the time of Covid pandemic, the public Forest Preserve [...]
First Major Test at Adirondack Park Agency for Governor Hochul and Chairman Ernst
Will the new boss be the same as the old [...]