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
PROTECT Opposes Proposed Tax Cap on the Forest Preserve
State of New York currently pays property taxes based on [...]
PROTECT Cheers APA’s Approval of Boreas Ponds as State’s Newest Wilderness Wilds in Adirondack Forest Preserve
Compromise protects Boreas Ponds as Wilderness, while enabling easy public [...]
The making of the Boreas Ponds compromise
News about the state's decision on the classification of the [...]
PROTECT applauds compromise in the state’s proposed classification of the Boreas Ponds tract
Compromise protects Boreas Ponds as Wilderness, while enabling easy public [...]
Union Tank Car Company pulls the plug on storage of its oil tankers in the Adirondacks, dealing Iowa Pacific a second major setback
The plan by Iowa Pacific Holdings and its owner/CEO Ed [...]
PROTECT cheers state action to stop storage of used oil tanker railcars in the Adirondack Park
State submits petition to federal Surface Transportation Board to end [...]