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
Public comments needed on deeply flawed draft amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan that sets management guidelines for the Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Forest Preserve, owned by all New Yorkers and [...]
Major lawsuit launched to challenge Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan
Protect the Adirondacks and Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest [...]
PROTECT applauds Governor Cuomo’s historic expansion of Environmental Protection Fund
Protect the Adirondacks applauds Governor Cuomo for his plans to [...]
Part 3 of Reflections on the Essex Chain Lakes Unit Management Plan: Essex Chain Plan Violates NYS Environmental Laws
This is the third of three "reflections" on the recent [...]
State agencies hammer the Forest Preserve as they build a new road-like snowmobile trail from Newcomb to Minerva
This fall, Protect the Adirondacks conducted extensive field work on [...]
PROTECT calls for classification of 36,500 acres of new Wilderness lands in the Forest Preserve to expand the High Peaks Wilderness area and create a new West Stony Creek Wilderness area GalleryPROTECT calls for classification of 36,500 acres of new Wilderness lands in the Forest Preserve to expand the High Peaks Wilderness area and create a new West Stony Creek Wilderness area
PROTECT calls for classification of 36,500 acres of new Wilderness lands in the Forest Preserve to expand the High Peaks Wilderness area and create a new West Stony Creek Wilderness area
Protect the Adirondacks calls on state leaders to act boldly [...]