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.
Help Protect the Adirondacks raise $75,000 in a challenge match in our 2025 year-end membership drive. All donations and contributions will be matched dollar-for-dollar.
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
Victory: New York’s Highest Court Rules in Favor of Protect the Adirondacks, Finds Cuomo Administration Violated Forever Wild Clause of State Constitution GalleryVictory: New York’s Highest Court Rules in Favor of Protect the Adirondacks, Finds Cuomo Administration Violated Forever Wild Clause of State Constitution
Victory: New York’s Highest Court Rules in Favor of Protect the Adirondacks, Finds Cuomo Administration Violated Forever Wild Clause of State Constitution
The Cuomo Administration’s plan to expand motorized use on the [...]
Thoughts on Adirondack Population Recruitment Strategies
Recruitment of new people to live in Adirondack communities is [...]
Oral Arguments at the Court of Appeals was the Last Stop in PROTECT’s 8-Year Legal Fight to Defend Forever Wild
Oral arguments were made on March 23, 2021 at the [...]
New York State Assembly and State Senate Release Budgets with Big News for Adirondack Park
The New York State Assembly hit a home run in [...]
Thoughts on the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Committee final report
New High Peaks Advisory Group report calls for broad, long-term [...]
Adirondack Park Agency Large-scale Subdivision Application process fails its first test
The APA gets low marks for its inability to meaningfully [...]