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
Major changes afoot for management of the “forever wild” Forest Preserve
Some major changes are afoot for our "Forever Wild" Adirondack [...]
PROTECT releases new criteria to evaluate proposed Article XIV Constitutional Amendments
Article XIV, Section 1, of the New York State Constitution [...]
Court actions are a major part of American democracy and a tool PROTECT uses only as a last resort
In their recent Letter to the Editor, Philadelphia developer Michael [...]
Protect the Adirondacks cheers appointment of Steve Englebright as the new Chairman of the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Protect the Adirondacks cheers the appointment of Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) [...]
Governor Cuomo boosts environmental spending in the Environmental Protection Fund by cutting climate change funding
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has released his new 2014-15 [...]