Protect the Adirondacks has started a new Cougar Watch project to record public sightings of cougars (Puma concolor) in and around the Adirondack Park. The purpose of Cougar Watch is two-fold. First, there continue to [...]
The bitter cold temperatures across the Adirondacks in the first few days of 2014 have been a boon for the manufacture of frazil ice in the Hudson River, from the Hudson Gorge to The Glen, [...]
Within the scope of the 10-day public comment period around the classification decision for the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River Gorge areas, a joint letter was submitted to put the APA and DEC on [...]
2013 was another watershed year for climate change news. The reality of life on a warmer planet was seen in many different ways. The reality of the inability of U.S. and international efforts to reduce [...]
PROTECT cheers a new 23,000 acre new Hudson Gorge Wilderness area and 9,940-Acre motorless Primitive area for Essex Chain Lakes Decision sets troubling long-term precedents for motorized Wild Forest corridor through the heart of the [...]
For a PDF copy of PROTECT's letter click here. December 11, 2013 Lani Ulrich, Chair NYS Adirondack Park Agency PO Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977 RE: Public Comments on the 2013 Forest [...]
Local government leaders in Lewis and St. Lawrence counties have tried for years to rapidly expand the use of public roads and public lands for All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) recreational use. This has been controversial [...]
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last summer that it was proposing a new rule to officially delist the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Public outcry [...]
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has released its preferred alternative for classification of over 21,000 acres of new Forest Preserve lands around the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River and reclassification of over 18,000 acres [...]
Protect the Adirondacks calls upon the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to release an extensive legal analysis written by the chairman of the APA State Lands Committee that details the legal and policy options for the [...]