November 18, 2024: Proposed Amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan Weaken Wilderness Protections
November 13, 2024: PROTECT and seven other groups call on Governor Hochul to protect Whitney Park
October 7, 2024: DEC’s Plan to Cut Thousands of Trees on the Top of Prospect Mountain Raises Constitutional Issues
September 3, 2024: PROTECT urges State agencies to take action on Whiskey Fungus
July 1, 2024: PROTECT commends State for report stating that millions of acres of land protection are needed
May 14, 2024: PROTECT cheers passage of New York Wildlife Crossings Act
March 28, 2024: New wolf protection bill has been introduced in the State Legislature
March 13, 2024: PROTECT applauds one house budgets for funding critical Adirondack programs
February 23, 2024: PROTECT calls on Governor Hochul to conduct a nationwide reach for the new NYSDEC Commissioner
November 8, 2023: PROTECT releases new Special Report “20% in 2023: An Assessment of the New York State 30 by 30 Act”
September 29, 2023: Press Release: 25 Great Adirondack Hikes to See Fall Colors
August 29, 2023: PROTECT calls on Governor Kathy Hochul to release the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force report
June 22, 2023: PROTECT congratulates NYS Legislature for passing Anti-Wildlife Killing Contest legislation
April 24, 2023: PROTECT critical of APA’s efforts to reduce and limit public comments and input
March 2, 2023: Appellate Division, Third Department, Strikes Down Lower Saranac Lake Marina Permit issued by the Adirondack Park Agency
February 1, 2023: Claudia Braymer, environmental attorney, named as new Deputy Director of Protect the Adirondacks
January 30, 2023: PROTECT starts litigation challenging road reconstruction by the NYSDEC in a Wilderness Area
October 31, 2022: PROTECT calls on the NYSAPA to comply with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in its review of major projects in the Adirondack Park
August 16, 2022: PROTECT applauds passage of Inflation Reduction Act, landmark climate change legislation
August 1, 2022: PROTECT names Chris Amato as new Conservation Director and Counsel
May 25, 2022: PROTECT calls for passage of an Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex
January 7, 2022: PROTECT opposes draft APA permit for the new White Lake Granite Quarry in Forestport, Oneida County
August 24, 2021: PROTECT sends 10 priorities for the Adirondack Park to new Governor Kathy Hochul
August 16, 2021: 2020 US Census shows population losses in Upstate NYS, gains in Downstate NYS, and that 53% of all US counties saw population losses
July 13, 2021: PROTECT honors John Caffry and Claudia Braymer with the Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award 2021
March 14, 2021: PROTECT applauds new State Assembly and State Senate budgets
March 8, 2021: Adirondack Park Agency Large-scale Subdivision Application process fails its first test
July 8, 2020: PROTECT finds slate of APA Appointments lacking for making meaningful reforms to the agency
January 8, 2020: PROTECT cheers Governor Cuomo’s Restore Mother Nature Bond Act
November 20, 2019: Time is Now for Creation of the Hudson River Bike Trail
October 29, 2019: Adirondack groups call for major investments in management of the High Peaks Wilderness to meet overuse challenges
August 16, 2019: Protect the Adirondacks plans to cross-appeal Appellate Division, Third Department, decision on Article 14 lawsuit
July 11, 2109: Annual meeting to be held on July 20, 2019 at The View in Old Forge
June 27, 2019: Major Reforms Blocked by North Country Representatives
April 29, 2019: New Report Released: The Adirondack Park and Rural America: Economic and Population Trends 1970-2010
February 25, 2019: Adirondack Groups lay out 2019 budgeted legislative priorities for the Adirondacks
August 21, 2018: PROTECT Cheers State’s Continued Legal Action to Decertify Sanford Lake Railway from North Creek to Tahawus
August 1, 2018: PROTECT Cheers Removal of Last Railcars Stored for Two Years along Hudson River and Route 28
July 26, 2018: PROTECT sponsors Canoe-In for Motorless Weller Pond on August 18, 2018
May 9, 2018: Last oil tankers pulled from the Adirondack Park
March 20, 2018: Governor signs classification to create over 25,000 acres of new Wilderness lands in Adirondack Park
March 13, 2018: PROTECT Cheers NYS Assembly for Eliminating Proposed Tax Cap on the Forest Preserve
March 8, 2018: PROTECT Supports Proposed New Empire Forests of the Future Initiative
February 7, 2018: PROTECT Opposes Proposed Tax Cap on the Forest Preserve
February 2, 2018: APA Approves the Boreas Ponds as Wilderness
January 25, 2018: APA Proposes a Compromise Classification for the Boreas Ponds
December 19, 2017: PROTECT cheers state action to stop storage of used oil tanker railcars in the Adirondack Park
November 16, 2017: New video released of local government leaders, business leader, and Protect the Adirondacks opposing storage of oil tankers in the Adirondack Park
November 10, 2017: Press Release: 3rd Shipment of Oil Tanker Railcars Reaches the Adirondacks for Indefinite Storage; No Action by State Agencies
October 30, 2017: 25 more used oil tanker railcars transported to the Adirondack Park; Where are state environmental agencies?
October 25, 2017: PROTECT applauds Governor Cuomo for stating that he is 100% against the plan by Iowa Pacific to store out-of-service railroad cars in the Adirondack Park
October 24, 2017: PROTECT urges New Yorkers to vote no on Proposal 1 on Election Day
October 19, 2017: Protect the Adirondacks and the Town of Minerva state opposition to plan to store out-of-service oil tanker cars in the Adirondacks
October 18, 2017: PROTECT joins Historic NYS Coalition in Support of Proposal 3, an amendment to Article 14 of the NYS Constitution
October 10, 2017: Repeal of Clean Power Plan by EPA is a monumental step backwards
September 25, 2017: The State Must Reject Plan to Store Hundreds of Used and Dilapidated Railroad Boxcars on Dormant Adirondack Railways in the Forest Preserve
June 29, 2017: Protect applauds passage of new Article XIV Constitutional Amendment and enabling legislation
June 28, 2017: PROTECT honors Dick Booth with Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award for 2017
June 23, 2017: PROTECT statement on the end of the 2017 Legislative Session
March 3, 2017: Cuomo Administration delays action on the classification of the Boreas Ponds
February 28, 2017: Trial on the future management of the “forever wild” Forest Preserve starts on March 1st in Albany
February 27, 2017: Protect the Adirondacks Supports a new Constitutional Amendment for Camp Gabriels
February 1, 2017: Supreme Court Judge orders trial for lawsuit over the future of forever wild
October 11, 2016: The proposed classifications of the Boreas Ponds shows a stark failure of public policy
September 7, 2016: Appellate Division Issues Preliminary Injunction to Continue Ban on Tree Cutting on the “forever wild” Forest Preserve by the Department of Environmental Conservation
June 17, 2016: State Assembly passes new Article XIV Constitutional Amendment
June 17, 2016: PROTECT praises passage of Township 40 Implementation Legislation
March 15, 2016: Read full statement by APA Commissioner Richard Booth on how Governor Cuomo forced the APA to weaken protections for the Forest Preserve
March 11, 2016: PROTECT criticizes Adirondack Park Agency votes to weaken the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan
February 2, 2016: PROTECT calls for 36,500 acres of New Wilderness Lands for Adirondack Forest Preserve
January 11, 2016: PROTECT and other groups launch a lawsuit to challenge the state’s approval of the new Essex Chain Lakes Unit Management Plan
January 5, 2016: PROTECT applauds Governor Cuomo’s announcement that he will expand Environmental Protection Fund to $300 million — the highest ever
December 3, 2015: PROTECT cheers that the Town of Ohio has rescinded its local law opening numerous town roads to ATVs after PROTECT filed a legal challenge
November 13, 2015: APA approves widely illegal and deeply flawed new Unit Management Plan for the Essex Chain Lakes Complex
July 21, 2015: PROTECT calls for the DEC to remove the Polaris Bridge over the Hudson River
July 14, 2015: PROTECT calls for State to study the feasibility of reintroducing the wolf and cougar in draft NYS Wildlife Action Plan
July 7, 2015: PROTECT calls on the NYS APA to reject Community Connector Trail Plan UMP Amendments
July 2, 2015: PROTECT hosts the Cougar Rewilding Foundation to make the case for reintroduction of these big cats to the Adirondacks
May 1, 2015: PROTECT organizes Green Infrastructure Project Survey. See list of over 50 projects.
October 15, 2014: PROTECT releases Q & A about climate change with three candidates for the New York 21st Congressional District
October 10, 2014: PROTECT applauds APA actions to manage revision of the State Land Master Plan in an open and transparent public forum
September 2, 2014: PROTECT cheers Governor Cuomo for signing new Aquatic Invasive Species control legislation
August 8, 2014: PROTECT applauds DEC decision to withdraw the flawed Essex Chain Lakes draft Unit Management Plan
August 4, 2014: PROTECT and the Sierra Club announce appeal of Appellate Court decision on lawsuit challenging APA approval of Adirondack Club & Resort project
July 11, 2014 PROTECT and other groups launch lawsuit to challenge state’s implementation of the NYCO Constitutional Amendment
June 25, 2014 PROTECT is pleased to announce that Judith Enck, EPA Region 2 Adminstrator, will speak about climate change at PROTECT’s annual meeting on July 6th at Great Camp Sagamore
June 20, 2014 PROTECT cheers passage of historic aquatic invasive species prevention and control legislation
June 6, 2014 PROTECT calls for a new 12,850-acre West Stony Creek Wilderness area in the southern Adirondacks
June 2, 2014 PROTECT cheers EPA announcement for new national regulations for C02 emission reductions for coal-fired power plants
May 29, 2014 PROTECT and other groups call for passage of the an aquatic invasive species transport bill
May 16, 2014 PROTECT finds new APRAP Study Update to be Misleading
February 25, 2014 PROTECT Releases a 5 Point Plan for New York to Strengthen Aquatic Invasive Species Control Efforts
February 19, 2014 PROTECT submits public comments on new draft Kushaqua Conservation Easement tract Recreational Management Plan
January 31, 2014 PROTECT finds DEC draft regulations for boat launches and fishing access sites are a weak response to New York’s aquatic invasive species scourge
January 30, 2014 Protect the Adirondacks applauds new boat control program on Lake George to prevent new invasive species outbreaks
January 22, 2014 PROTECT and other groups submit letter detailing numerous concerns with NYSDEC implementation of Proposition 5 Constitutional Amendment
January 15, 2014 PROTECT launches new Cougar Watch project to collect public reports of cougar sightings in the Adirondacks
December 13, 2013 PROTECT cheers creation of new Hudson River Wilderness area and Primitive Area for the Essex Chain Lakes by the NYS APA
December 6, 2013 APA classification proposal brings good and bad news for the Forest Preserve
November 19, 2013 PROTECT calls upon the APA to release legal and policy documents about the Forest Preserve classification of the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River tracts.
September 19, 2013 PROTECT files new Motion for Preliminary Injunction to try and Prevent more Damage to the Forest Preserve from Snowmobile Trail Construction
August 30, 2013 PROTECT and other groups call upon the APA to be deliberative and methodical in classification of former Finch lands
June 11, 2013 PROTECT and other groups call for Wilderness Alternative 1A during the APA Forest Preserve Classification Public Hearings
June 4, 2013 PROTECT releases new report The Myth of Quiet, Motor-free Waters in the Adirondack Park. Click here for a copy of the report.
June 3, 2013 PROTECT Opposes APA Transferrable Development Rights Program Bill
May 20, 2013 PROTECT-Sierra Club win two motions in lawsuit challenging Adirondack Park Agency over 6,000-acre ACR development
May 7, 2013 PROTECT opposes Forest Preserve Constitutional Amendment to swap lands with a mining company
April 8, 2013 Court approves PROTECT’s motion to challenge state snowmobile trail construction and management program
February 21, 2013 PROTECT goes to court to challenge state’s new road-like snowmobile trail network through the “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve
February 13, 2013 PROTECT cheers APA decision to table controversial clearcutting General Permit
February 12, 2013 PROTECT and other groups call upon Governor Cuomo, APA and DEC to delay action on controversial draft General Permit that relaxes rules for clearcutting
February 7, 2013 PROTECT applauds new Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2020
January 25, 2013 PROTECT outlines its proposals for classification of the 69,000 acres of new Forest Preserve lands from Nature Conservancy/Finch Lands purchases
January 16, 2013 PROTECT and Paul Smith’s College Mark 15th Year of Partnership for Water Quality Monitoring in the Adirondack Park
January 3, 2013 PROTECT cheers APA decision to postpone action on new forest clearcutting program
December 11, 2012 PROTECT Opposes new APA Draft General Permit that will Loosen rules for clearcutting in the Adirondack Park
December 3, 2012 PROTECT and the Sierra Club re-file Motion for Discovery with Trial Sourt (as directed by the Appellate Court)
November 15, 2012 PROTECT calls for new 39,000-Acre Upper Hudson River Wilderness Area
September 18, 2012 PROTECT and the Sierra Club file new motion in APA-ACR lawsuit for discovery on ex parte contact issues
September 10, 2012 PROTECT and Sierra Club submit letter to APA arguing that the APA approvals for the ACR permits have expired
July 18, 2012 PROTECT and Sierra Club submit Reply Briefs in lawsuit challenging APA for ACR approvals
June 15, 2012 State drops appeal in Lows Lake Wilderness lawsuit brought by PROTECT and ADK
May 8, 2012 PROTECT hires Peter Bauer as its new Executive Director
March 20, 2012 PROTECT and the Sierra Club file lawsuit against the APA over decision to approve the ACR project
January 20, 2012 PROTECT opposes decision by the APA to approve ACR project, says APA has abdicated its responsibility to protect the Adirondack Park