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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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.
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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 Calls for a New 39,000-Acre Upper Hudson River Wilderness Area
Protect the Adirondacks today put out a press release calling [...]
Governor Cuomo’s Acquisition of 69,000 Acres for Addition to the Forest Preserve of Former Finch Lands will be Positive for Local Economy and Local Communities. PROTECT Rebuts False Claims of Job Loss Due to Land Purchases.
The preservation of wild open spaces – forests, lakes, streams, [...]
Will Hurricane Sandy be as Damaging as Tropical Storm Irene? Will Fall Storms of this Magnitude Become the New Normal for the Adirondack Park?
The impacts of Tropical Storm Irene are still plainly evident [...]
PROTECT opposes new DEC & APA program that’s building a de facto new road through the interior of the Forest Preserve in the heart of the Moose River Plains Wild Forest, calling it a “community connector” snowmobile trail. This is the first of many such de facto new roads to be built through the Forest Preserve.
Update: This article was originally posted on October 23rd based [...]
A Photographic Tour of the 69,000 Acres Governor Cuomo Committed to Purchase for the Forest Preserve from the Nature Conservancy
In August, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to purchase [...]
It’s Time to Consider the Merits of the PROTECT-Sierra Club Lawsuit Against the APA over the ACR Permits
The recent guest commentary ("Mad as Hell" October 1, 2012) [...]