Protect the Adirondacks
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. is a non-profit, grassroots membership organization dedicated to the protection and stewardship of the public and private lands of the Adirondack Park, and to building the health and diversity of its natural and human communities for the benefit of current and future generations.
Help save the 36,000-acre Whitney Park in the central Adirondacks. Send an email to Governor Hochul today.
Click here for more information and see how you can submit a public comment today.
Register today for our Annual Meeting: July 12, 2025.
Sign Up as a Member
Become a member of Protect the Adirondacks and add your voice to the defense of the public Forest Preserve, protection of the great forests and waters of the Adirondacks, and help campaign for strengthening protections and improving the management of the six-million-acre Adirondack Park.
The link below will bring you to our secure page to sign up today as a new member.
Become an e-Activist
When you are an E-Activist, we will provide you with information on opportunities to take immediate action online, and also become involved, on an ongoing basis.
The link below will bring you to a quick and easy online form.
Conservation and Advocacy
Comments on draft New York 2022-23 budget: Invest in the Forest Preserve and Uphold the Forever Wild Clause
In the time of Covid pandemic, the public Forest Preserve [...]
First Major Test at Adirondack Park Agency for Governor Hochul and Chairman Ernst
Will the new boss be the same as the old [...]
Adirondack Park Agency releases draft permit for controversial new granite mine in White Lake; Help call for an official adjudicatory public hearing GalleryAdirondack Park Agency releases draft permit for controversial new granite mine in White Lake; Help call for an official adjudicatory public hearing
Adirondack Park Agency releases draft permit for controversial new granite mine in White Lake; Help call for an official adjudicatory public hearing
APA Board to vote on this project at its January [...]
Governor Hochul touts new investments in Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve stewardship as part of 2022 NYS State of the State address
Governor Kathy Hochul touted new investments in the Adirondack Park [...]
The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation organizes a new working group for Forest Preserve trails stewardship
Protect the Adirondacks has been named to a new working [...]
New 120-unit luxury housing development proposed in the Adirondacks in the Town of Jay, Essex County
Protect the Adirondacks has a number of concerns about the [...]