Governor Kathy Hochul needs to make land protection across New York State a major priority. In 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul signed the “30 by 30” law that established a conservation goal for New York State [...]

Debar Lodge and other dilapidated buildings should be removed and the grounds restored to a wild forest setting. For 20 years the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has delayed the inevitable - [...]

Annual Meeting held at the Visitor Interpretive Center in Newcomb on July 20th This year's Annual Meeting for Protect the Adirondacks was held on Saturday, July 20, 2024. The day's events included a business meeting [...]

The State of New York releases draft “Strategies and Methodology” for how it plans to meet goal of protecting 30% of NYS lands and waters by 2030. On July 1, 2024, the New York State [...]

Annual Meeting to be held on July 20, 2024 at the Visitor Interpretive Center in Newcomb While we very much enjoyed the impromptu location for our Annual Meeting last year at the Frontier Town Gateway [...]

The NYSDEC has started the process to update the State Wildlife Action Plan in 2025. In 2002, Congress created the State Wildlife Grant program to provide funding for the preservation and management of fish and [...]

Do the Top 25 fastest growing rural counties in the U.S. have any lessons for communities in the Adirondack Park and Upstate New York? A previous article pointed out that from 2010 to 2020, 66% [...]

Though incredibly popular and highly used, State Campgrounds in the Forest Preserve raise constitutional questions that should be resolved. Recently, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed a draft amendment to the Cranberry Lake Campground [...]

A new county-wide plan for "multi-use" trails is heavily geared towards motorized use on state lands and local roads throughout Franklin County. Franklin County has proposed a new 500-mile “multi-use” recreational trail system that will [...]