Protect the Adirondacks cheers the state's purchase of 8,451 acres of new Forest Preserve lands. This marks the completion of phase 2 of the 69,000 acres of former Finch Paper lands being transferred to the [...]

New York State lags significantly behind many other states in the U.S. for control and management of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Over the last few years, New York has lost ground in the campaign to [...]

The Molpus Woodlands Group of Alabama recently purchased over 130,000 acres of forestlands in the Adirondack Park for over $57.5 million. Most of these lands are encumbered by state conservation easements and Molpus purchased the [...]

Protect the Adirondacks submitted public comments on the new draft Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the 18,000-acre Kushaqua Conservation Easement tract issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). These lands are located in the [...]

Protect the Adirondacks cheers the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to reopen the public hearing on a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the Endangered Species Act. [...]

Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed the official Forest Preserve classification recommendations from the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for over 42,000 acres. These lands include new and existing Forest Preserve [...]

The proposed new regulations (Part 59, Section 59.4, Part 190, Section 190.24 "Aquatic Invasive Species Control at State Boat Launching and Fishing Access Sites") from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help control the [...]

The Lake George Park Commission voted this week to begin a new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program to control invasive species. Protect the Adirondacks applauds the new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program established [...]

Protect the Adirondacks and other groups opposed passage of Proposal 5 to amend the State Constitution to allow NYCO Minerals, Inc., to engage in mining activities on the forever wild Forest Preserve on 200 acres [...]

Long-term climate change data tells a clear story about a changing planet. The charts are at the bottom of this article and represent decades of scientific study from the leading institutions in the U.S. and [...]