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.
Click here for suggested Accessible Adirondack Paddling Opportunities.
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
Why Do We Let Snowmobiles Drive On “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve?
Not only are 1,000 pound, $10,000, 100 mile per hour [...]
PROTECT Says: In Approving Resort Project, APA Abdicates Its Duty to Uphold the Law
RAY BROOK, NY—The decision by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) [...]
Times Union Op-ed- ACR Decision Expected This Week
The decision expected this week by the Adirondack Park Agency [...]
Tahawus Rail Spur: Our Side
By CHARLES C. MORRISON Protect the Adirondacks! is as happy [...]
Snyder Bequest Left for Protect the Adirondacks!
A couple who lived for 30 years near Schroon Lake, [...]
Tahawus Railroad Spur
Click here to view Protect's filing with the federal Surface [...]