The decision is in on the trespassing lawsuit against Phil Brown, editor of the Adirondack Explorer, over his trip from the William C. Whitney Area to Lake Lila via Mud Pond and Mud Pond Outlet, [...]

Over 40,000 braved the cold winds and freezing temperatures in Washington, DC on Sunday February 17th as part of the Forward on Climate campaign to stand with climate change activist and author Bill Mckibben, 350.org, [...]

Protect the Adirondacks heralds the decision by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to postpone again action on a new draft General Permit to dramatically ease the rules for clearcutting in the Adirondack Park. Current rules [...]

The APA is set to vote on a new General Permit for clearcutting on Thursday February 14th. PROTECT has opposed this action because it loosens rules to make clearcutting in the Adirondacks easier for a [...]

Protect the Adirondacks opposes plans by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to approve a new draft General Permit to dramatically ease the rules for clearcutting in the Adirondack Park at its meeting on February 14, [...]

PROTECT has released a series of satellite photographs that show heavy tree cutting on state-held conservation easement lands in the northern Adirondack Park. These images show many clearcuts of just under 25 acres designed to [...]

Lake George needs action by Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to save the lake and local economy. While local government officials, environmental groups and businesses all around Lake George are calling [...]

The official classification of the The Nature Conservancy-Finch Paper lands is now front a center in public debate as the state has completed purchase of the 18,000-acre Essex Chain Lakes tract, the first of four [...]

Protect the Adirondacks salutes the outstanding stewardship of the Elk Lake-Clear Pond Preserve in recently donating a conservation easement on its entire 12,000-acre holding on the south side of the Dix Mountain Wilderness, located primarily [...]

In the waning days of his campaign for reelection in October 2012, President Barack Obama started talking about climate change again. He stopped talking about climate change pretty much after his first campaign was over [...]