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.
Read our new special report: “20% in 2023: An Assessment of the New York State 30 by 30 Act”
Click here for more information and to read about how New York will move to protect 3 million acres in the years ahead.
PROTECT calls on Governor Kathy Hochul to conduct a nationwide search for new Commissioner of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
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
Register for April 16th Adirondack Lake Assessment Program (ALAP) Zoom Meeting
Protect the Adirondacks and the Adirondack Watershed Institute will be [...]
PROTECT calls upon the APA and DEC to investigate the WhistlePig Whiskey fungus pollution in Mineville
On March 8, 2024, Protect the Adirondacks called upon the [...]
Register for Special Event on May 11th in honor of Charlie Morrison and to support Protect the Adirondacks
A celebration to support Protect the Adirondacks in honor of long-time [...]
Protect the Adirondacks seeks court order directing DEC to conduct required Carrying Capacity study for the Saranac Chain of Lakes
For years, Protect the Adirondacks and other groups have been [...]
Legislators and advocates call for passage of new wolf protection bill
New Bill Introduced to Protect Wolves in New York Senator [...]
New York needs stronger laws to regulate septic systems
Across New York and in the Adirondack Park, failing and [...]