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 submits Complaint over Illegal Advocacy and Lobbying by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for NYCO Constitutional Amendment
July 20, 2015 Hon. Eric Schneiderman Attorney General The Capitol [...]
Public comments needed by July 27th on the new draft Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a new [...]
Article XIV, Section 1 of NYS Constitution has been amended 15 times since 1938 Constitutional Convention, four times since 2007
Article XIV, Section 1, has been amended 15 times since [...]
PROTECT calls on NYS DEC to study the feasibility of reintroducing wolves and cougars as part of draft Wildlife Action Plan
Protect the Adirondacks has called upon the Department of Environmental [...]
PROTECT calls on the Adirondack Park Agency to uphold the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act and reject new bridge and snowmobile trail over the Boreas River
July 8, 2015 Hon. Lani Ulrich, Chair NYS Adirondack Park [...]