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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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 opposes APA Transferrable Development Rights Program Bill
Protect the Adirondacks filed a Memo in Opposition against legislation [...]
PROTECT & Sierra Club win two motions in lawsuit challenging Adirondack Park Agency’s approval of 6,000-acre Adirondack Club & Resort development
On May 16, 2013, the Appellate Division, Third Department, issued [...]
Why the proposed Forest Preserve Constitutional Amendment with a mining company is a bad idea
Legislation is pending in the State Legislature for "second passage" [...]
APA holds Forest Preserve classification public hearings for the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River
The APA is set to take seven alternatives (an eighth [...]
PROTECT opposes swapping Forest Preserve lands with a mining company; sees ruinous precedent in first Constitutional Amendment for private commercial gain
Protect the Adirondacks has filed a Memo of Opposition with [...]
Shoreline regulations are critical for protecting water quality
The protection of water quality is of singular great importance [...]