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
The Molpus Woodlands Group of Alabama purchases over 130,000 acres of conservation easement lands for over $57 million
The Molpus Woodlands Group of Alabama recently purchased over 130,000 [...]
PROTECT comments on draft 18,000-acre Kushaqua Conservation Easement Recreational Management Plan
Protect the Adirondacks submitted public comments on the new draft [...]
PROTECT cheers decision by Fish and Wildlife Service to extend public comment period on proposed Gray Wolf delisting from the Endangered Species Act
Protect the Adirondacks cheers the decision by the U.S. Fish [...]
Governor Cuomo Approves new 23,500-acre Hudson Gorge Wilderness Area and 9,940-Acre motorless Primitive Area for Essex Chain Lakes
Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed the official Forest Preserve classification [...]
DEC draft regulations for boat launches and fishing access sites are a weak response to New York’s aquatic invasive species scourge
The proposed new regulations (Part 59, Section 59.4, Part 190, [...]
Protect the Adirondacks applauds new boat control program on Lake George to prevent new invasive species outbreaks
The Lake George Park Commission voted this week to begin [...]