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
John Collins, 1938-2017, Long-time Adirondack Park environmental leader
February 1, 1938 - June 16, 2017 John Robert Collins [...]
The Adirondack Lake Assessment Program, a long-term water quality monitoring program, celebrates 20 years in 2017
The Adirondack Lake Assessment Program (ALAP) celebrates its 20th season [...]
The proposed zip line on Whiteface Mountain faces Constitutional questions
One project hyped in Governor Andrew Cuomo's budget announcements early [...]
A recap of the trial over the future of Article XIV, Section 1, the forever wild provision in the NYS Constitution
The trial on the future of "forever wild" in Protect [...]
DEC Exploring Lodging and Dining Facilities at Boreas Ponds
The Adirondack Park Agency has posted its agenda and materials [...]
State delays action on the classification of the Boreas Ponds as Governor Cuomo develops plans for extensive motorized access
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) postponed action on the classification [...]