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.
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Take the Forest Preserve Hiker Survey. Share your experience hiking in the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
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.
Our Annual Meeting will be held July 11, 2026.
The link for more information is available here.
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
Questions and answers about climate change for the three candidates for the 21st Congressional District, which includes the Adirondack Park
Climate change Questions & Answers for the three 21st Congressional [...]
Adirondack Park Agency on the right track for State Land Master Plan Reform
PROTECT advocated for an APA-controlled process based on wide-ranging stakeholder [...]
DEC is building a highway through the Forest Preserve with a questionable major reconstruction of the Bear Creek Road in the Black River Wild Forest
Protect the Adirondacks recently visited the Bear Creek Road in [...]
A Forest Preserve lean-to on Chub Pond in the Black River Wild Forest Area has been extensively modified and turned into a private camp
The Chub Pond Lean-to 1 is unlike any other lean-to [...]
Over 400,000 march in the People’s Climate March demanding bold action on climate change
More than 400,000 people marched through mid-town Manhattan in New [...]
PROTECT-Sierra Club plan to make motion for leave for appeal to NYS Court of Appeals in lawsuit challenging APA approval of Adirondack Club & Resort project
Statement from Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club on [...]