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
Protect the Adirondacks plans to cross-appeal Appellate Division, Third Department, decision on Article 14 lawsuit
Protect the Adirondacks will defend the Appellate Division ruling that [...]
Questions surround new Frontier Town Campground trail system
The new Frontier Town state campground was opened to great [...]
Protect the Adirondacks honors John Nemjo of Mountainman Outdoor Supply Company with the Adirondack Green Business Award
Protect the Adirondacks was proud to honor John Nemjo, proprietor [...]
Protect the Adirondacks honors the Wildlife Conservation Society Adirondack Program with the Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award
On Saturday, July 20, 2019, Protect the Adirondacks presented the [...]
It’s time to build and staff a High Peaks Information Center
I recently visited the rest areas on Northway that have [...]
Appellate Division, Third Department, upholds Article 14, Section 1 of State Constitution, finds State tree cutting for Class II Trails to be unconstitutional, in ruling that is a major victory for Protect the Adirondacks GalleryAppellate Division, Third Department, upholds Article 14, Section 1 of State Constitution, finds State tree cutting for Class II Trails to be unconstitutional, in ruling that is a major victory for Protect the Adirondacks
Appellate Division, Third Department, upholds Article 14, Section 1 of State Constitution, finds State tree cutting for Class II Trails to be unconstitutional, in ruling that is a major victory for Protect the Adirondacks
In Protect the Adirondacks v NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, [...]