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
PROTECT supports new aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention and interdiction legislation
Protect the Adirondack supports new aquatic invasive species (AIS) legislation [...]
DEC is taking public comments on a proposed Temporary Revocable Permit and Work Plan for mineral exploration in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a draft [...]
APA is taking public comments on amendment of Jay Mountain Wilderness area UMP to allow mineral exploration under November 2013 Constitutional Amendment
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has released various draft materials [...]
New report shows escalating impacts of climate change
A new study by the U.S. Global Climate Research Program, [...]
PROTECT cheers U.S. Supreme Court major environmental decision to empower EPA to regulate interstate air pollution
Protect the Adirondacks cheers a 6-2 decision by the U.S. [...]
Appellate Court sets date for Oral Arguments for lawsuit challenging the APA’s approval of 6,000-acre Adirondack Club & Resort project
The Appellate Court, Third Department, has set a date of [...]