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.
Vote YES on Proposal One on NYS Ballot on Election Day, November 4, 2025.
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
New snowmobile trail construction around Harris Lake hammers the Forest Preserve
As part of a Unit Management Plan (UMP) revision approved [...]
Part 1 of Reflections on the Essex Chain Lakes Unit Management Plan: A Poor Public Process
This is the first of three "reflections" on the recent [...]
PROTECT cheers news that Iowa Pacific’s plan for storage of dirty oil tanker rail cars in the Adirondacks is “unlikely”
Iowa Pacific CEO told the Post Star in Glens Falls [...]
Essex Chain Complex Final UMP widely violates State laws and fails to conform with the State Land Master Plan
Public comments are needed by October 16th. Please submit your [...]
The forest clearcuts of the Kushaqua Conservation Easement lands
The 18,000-acre Kushaqua Conservation Easement tract is home to some [...]
Public comments needed on new draft 18,000-acre Kushaqua Conservation Easement Recreational Management Plan
The Department of Environmental Conservation has released for a new [...]