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
State Agencies need to comply with historic forever wild decision
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency [...]
Our online hiking trails guide is very popular
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The Adirondack Park Agency Must Reform and Embrace Transparency
Recently, we saw news that Governor Kathy Hochul has instructed [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation Should Embrace Transparency
Last week, we saw news that Governor Kathy Hochul instructed [...]
Vote for Ballot Proposal 2 for the Constitutional Amendment for the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment
Vote on November 2, 2021 for Ballot Proposal 2 for [...]
New NYSDEC wide “multi-use” trail in the Catskill Forest Preserve raises serious constitutional issues
Protect the Adirondacks recently visited the proposed multi-use trail in [...]