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.
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Register today for our Annual Meeting: July 12, 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
APA approved a new 23,000-acre Hudson Gorge Wilderness area and 9,940-acre motorless Primitive Area for Essex Chain Lakes
PROTECT cheers a new 23,000 acre new Hudson Gorge Wilderness [...]
PROTECT submits comments on Proposed APA Finch Lands Classification
For a PDF copy of PROTECT's letter click [...]
Activists use the courts to stop ATV abuses
Local government leaders in Lewis and St. Lawrence counties have [...]
PROTECT opposes U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service effort to delist the gray wolf from Endangered Species Act protections
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last summer [...]
APA classification proposal for Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River brings good and bad news for the Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has released its preferred alternative [...]
PROTECT calls upon APA to release legal and policy document about Forest Preserve classification for the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River tracts
Protect the Adirondacks calls upon the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) [...]