In 2024, Protect the Adirondacks was at the forefront of advocating for the State to significantly ramp up spending and land protection efforts, including the addition of new lands to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Our [...]
After 35 years leading three environmental groups in Adirondack conservation advocacy, Peter Bauer is stepping down as the Executive Director of Protect the Adirondacks at the end of 2024. by Peter Bauer By the end [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently adopted regulations implementing New York’s Endangered Species Act. The regulations reinstate previous regulatory provisions that were vacated in a 2022 court ruling. The re-issued regulations, which were finalized [...]
Saratoga Outdoors, the popular outdoor recreation clothing and equipment retailer on Broadway in Saratoga Springs generously awarded over a $24,000 grant to Protect the Adirondacks as part of its participation in the 1% for the [...]
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have embarked on a controversial set of proposed changes to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP), which sets overall management policy for [...]
Annual report covers the highlights of the work of Protect the Adirondacks from 2023 to 2024. Protect the Adirondacks has released "New Beginnings" our 2023-2024 Annual Report. This report covers our work over the last [...]
We break down the Americans With Disabilities Act to help you understand how it affects management of the Forest Preserve Proposed Changes to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) [...]
Take a stand to protect Wilderness in the Adirondack Forest Preserve! Submit comment letters or emails through December 2, 2024. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on proposed changes to the Adirondack [...]
The 36,000-acre Whitney Park has been at the top of New York’s land protection list for decades. Send a letter or an email today to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her to protect Whitney Park by [...]
Founding Board member, Dale F. Jeffers (1944-2024), passed away on October 18, 2024, at his home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., one day shy of his 80th birthday. Dale was a long-time Adirondack Park environmental activist, who [...]
