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Groups request funding for programs and initiatives in the Adirondacks

19 Groups Send Letter to Governor Kathy Hochul Requesting Funding for the Adirondack Park Protect the Adirondacks (PROTECT) and 18 other groups sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul requesting funding in the Governor's proposed [...]

2025-12-18T08:26:29-05:00December 15, 2025|

Saratoga Outdoors donates $25,000 to Protect the Adirondacks through the 1% for the Planet Program

Saratoga Outdoors donates $25,000 to Protect the Adirondacks through the 1% for the Planet Program In 2024, Protect the Adirondacks joined 1% for the Planet. We were sponsored by Saratoga Outdoors, a popular outdoor clothing [...]

2025-12-10T19:07:04-05:00December 10, 2025|

Whitney Park’s Sensitive Lands are Not Suitable for Development and Deserve Permanent Protection

The Whitney Park Property has Natural Resource Limitations that Make it Unsuitable for Development Whitney Park includes 22 lakes and ponds, numerous streams and wetlands, over 100 miles of undeveloped shoreline, and is lightly developed [...]

2025-12-12T17:41:44-05:00December 4, 2025|

Read our 2024-2025 Annual Report – The Park’s Watchdog

Annual report covers the highlights of the work of Protect the Adirondacks from 2024-2025 Protect the Adirondacks' Annual Report for 2024-2025 is now available. This report covers our work over the last year, focusing on [...]

2025-11-27T07:31:31-05:00November 20, 2025|

Help Protect the Adirondacks raise $75,000 in a challenge match in our 2025 year-end membership drive!

All donations and membership contributions will be matched dollar-for-dollar until we reach $75,000. Every gift counts, every dollar counts. Please help today.  2025 has been a busy year for Protect the Adirondacks. Our work has [...]

2025-11-13T12:36:57-05:00November 13, 2025|

New York State voters pass Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex

On Election Day 2025, New Yorkers voted to pass Proposal 1, to amend Article 14, Section 1,  the famed “Forever Wild” clause of the New York State Constitution, to authorize development and maintenance of various [...]

2025-11-13T13:09:54-05:00November 11, 2025|

Adirondack Park Agency releases draft order to send controversial weapons firing range to an adjudicatory hearing

APA Board to vote at its meeting November 13-14, 2025 Overwhelming public comments raised concerns about the weapons firing range; if draft APA Order proposed by staff is passed by the Board, it will be [...]

2025-11-10T14:12:17-05:00November 10, 2025|

Vote Yes on Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Winter Sports Complex

Protect the Adirondacks supports Proposal Number One (Prop 1) on the ballot: the proposed Article 14 Constitutional Amendment for the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid. At the Mt. Van Hoevenberg complex, [...]

2025-10-10T15:06:38-04:00October 10, 2025|

ORDA and DEC Must Remove Illegal Features from the Forest Preserve at Whiteface Mountain

ORDA Constructed Mountain Bike Trail Features in Violation of the State Constitution, State Law and DEC Policy  Background on Management of Whiteface Mountain By agreement with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]

2025-10-01T08:43:35-04:00October 1, 2025|

Protest Paddle for Wilderness Calls on Governor Hochul to Add Whitney Park to the Forest Preserve

Paddlers at Paddle for Wilderness protest for the protection of the 36,000-acre Whitney Park and celebrate the Adirondack wildlands canoeing legacy of Peter and Ann Hornbeck. Several dozen paddlers from Protect the Adirondacks and Sierra [...]

2025-10-02T13:30:25-04:00September 30, 2025|
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