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
An update on climate change: warmer temperatures and more severe weather predicted
With a late spring snowfall, at least by the standards [...]
What the 2012 US Census Estimates tell us about the Adirondack Park’s population and the state of rural America
The US Census came out with its 2012 population estimates [...]
PROTECT urges Governor Cuomo and DEC to ban ATV use on the Forest Preserve
Protect the Adirondacks is very concerned about efforts underway by [...]
PROTECT says hats off to court victory for Phil Brown and the Adirondack Explorer in major public navigation rights lawsuit
The decision is in on the trespassing lawsuit against Phil [...]
PROTECT begins major new lawsuit challenging the state’s construction of “class II community connector” snowmobile trail network based on wide, road-like trails and grooming with large tracked groomers GalleryPROTECT begins major new lawsuit challenging the state’s construction of “class II community connector” snowmobile trail network based on wide, road-like trails and grooming with large tracked groomers
PROTECT begins major new lawsuit challenging the state’s construction of “class II community connector” snowmobile trail network based on wide, road-like trails and grooming with large tracked groomers
Protect the Adirondacks has started a new lawsuit against the [...]
Tens of thousands rally in Washington DC and around the U.S. calling for action to meet the challenges of global climate change
Over 40,000 braved the cold winds and freezing temperatures in [...]