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.
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Register today for our Annual Meeting: July 12, 2025.
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
Build the Hudson River Bike Trail
Yes, build the Hudson River Bike Trail from North Creek [...]
Read “Vital Victories”, PROTECT’s annual report for 2018-19
Letter from PROTECT Board Chair Chuck Clusen outlines accomplishments of [...]
Protect the Adirondacks and coalition of green groups acts to defend Forest Rangers
A coalition of Adirondack Park and Catskill Park groups call [...]
APA Act needs to be reformed to require conservation development design and review standards for major new subdivisions to protect Adirondack forests and open spaces GalleryAPA Act needs to be reformed to require conservation development design and review standards for major new subdivisions to protect Adirondack forests and open spaces
APA Act needs to be reformed to require conservation development design and review standards for major new subdivisions to protect Adirondack forests and open spaces
Protect the Adirondacks is pushing for an amendment to the [...]
It’s time to build the Hudson River Bike Trail, a new 55-mile-long multi-use public recreation trail from Saratoga Springs to North Creek
It's time to build the Hudson River Bike Trail. A [...]
PROTECT cheers Governor Cuomo’s statement of concern about the inadequate management and poor trail conditions in the High Peaks Wilderness and the Forest Preserve GalleryPROTECT cheers Governor Cuomo’s statement of concern about the inadequate management and poor trail conditions in the High Peaks Wilderness and the Forest Preserve
PROTECT cheers Governor Cuomo’s statement of concern about the inadequate management and poor trail conditions in the High Peaks Wilderness and the Forest Preserve
On November 6th, Governor Andrew Cuomo talked about the management [...]