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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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
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) [...]
New Campaign of Intimidation against PROTECT and Sierra Club Launched by ACR Boosters
Boosters of the ACR project in Tupper Lake have now [...]
More False Accusations from Jim LaValley and ARISE
Wednesday morning September 26th the ARISE group in Tupper Lake, [...]
Adirondack Futures: An Environmentalist’s Perspective on the work of David Mason and Jim Herman
by Kenneth A. Strike Abstract Below I discuss both the [...]