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
Checks and balances among state agencies are needed to protect the Forest Preserve
We're moving into an era of one-agency rule in the [...]
PROTECT cheers public purchase of Boreas Ponds
An aerial of the Boreas Ponds with the High [...]
PROTECT applauds 2016-17 New York State Budget
State approves $300 million EPF in state budget, significant boost [...]
The sad wild forestization of Primitive Areas in the Adirondack Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) voted on March 11, 2016 [...]
APA Commissioner Richard Booth makes bold and thoughtful statement holding the Cuomo Administration responsible for weakening protections for the Forest Preserve
At the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting on Friday March [...]
Adirondack Park Agency Weakens Protections for the “forever wild” Forest Preserve
APA vote today marks the first time in the last [...]