Protect the Adirondacks

06/05/2026

Register to attend Adirondack Lakes Alliance's annual symposium

06/03/2026

A couple of different road salt reduction bills are moving in the State Legislature right now. A bill sponsored by Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Magnarelli (S10094/A11105) will require the State Department of Transportation to collect and report data on road salt usage across the State. This will make the data publicly available and useful for holding DOT accountable for actually reducing road salt. Debate in the Assembly shows that there’s broad understanding among Legislators that road salt contamination is a major problem.

06/03/2026

There are 80 cosponsors publicly supporting the packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act  - more than a majority of the Assembly Members. These cosponsors represent ~10 million New Yorkers!! Plus all the Senators like supporting it! The statewide association of Counties supports it! Please Speaker , listen to the people. Pass PRRIA. Put
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New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC)
Beyond Plastics

06/03/2026

On exhibit at the Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College May 28th through December 15, 2026

The exhibition includes interpretive materials created by Union College students in the course Modernism in the Adirondacks: The Jeanne Robert Foster Papers at Union College.

This exhibition brings together the writing and photographs of Jeanne Robert Foster tracing her journey from a hardscrabble life in the Adirondacks to New York City and Boston, through Europe and Schenectady.

06/02/2026

CALL TODAY!
Even if you called before, please call your NY Assembly Member and ask them to speak up in support of PRRIA.

05/31/2026

The Adirondack Park Agency Act hasn’t been substantively updated since it was enacted in 1972. The Act doesn’t mention climate change or incorporate modern planning principles or accommodate affordable housing. It needs to be updated and brought into the 21st century.
LISTEN to our Executive Director’s discussion with David Lombardo of the The Capitol Pressroom

Protect the Adirondacks Executive Director Claudia Braymer wants to update state law governing state-land in the Adirondacks.

05/29/2026

Take the Adirondack Forest Preserve Hiker Survey to share your experiences hiking in the Adirondacks this summer. Did the weather affect your expectations? Did the infrastructure or parking situation meet your expectations?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D6QS36F

Info about hikers’ experiences can help to shape future management decisions.

More info here: https://www.protectadks.org/take-the-2026-adirondack-forest-preserve-hiker-survey/

05/26/2026

MAKE 2 CALLS TO CUT PLASTIC PACKAGING IN NY BY 30%!
Help pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749a - Glick / S1464a - Harckham)

1. Call Assembly Speaker Heastie to ask him to schedule a vote on A1749-a now! Dial 518-455-3791 and visit bit.ly/call-heastie for a script.

2. Call your Assemblymember to ask them to vote “YES”. Go to
bit.ly/pass-prria, dial (844) 311-4414, or text the word “packaging” to 833-300-0783 to be to be connected directly.

YOUR CALLS WILL HELP TO:
Protect public health. Ban Plastic packaging can include 16,000+ chemicals, more
than a quarter of which are toxic to humans. Microplastics have been found in our
blood, brains, heart arteries, kidneys, placenta, breast milk, and testicles.
Protect environmental justice. Low-income communities and communities of color
near fracking wells, plastic production facilities, landfills, and incinerators bear a heavy
burden of toxic pollution from plastic packaging production and waste.
Cut waste and plastic pollution. New York produces 6.8 million tons of packaging
and paper waste each year, accounting for a whopping 40% of the total waste stream.
Slow climate change. Plastics are made from fossil fuel and petrochemicals and have
a huge climate emissions footprint, bigger than that of the entire airline industry.

THE PACKAGING REDUCTION & RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE ACT WOULD:
Ban 13 of the most toxic chemicals and substances currently used in packaging,
including all PFAS chemicals, lead, mercury, cadmium, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde,
toluene, benzene, BPA, phthalates, and more.
Reduce single-use plastic packaging by 30% over the next 12 years & require 75% of
the remaining packaging to be truly recyclable or reusable by 2055.
Save taxpayers money by shifting the cost of paying to deal with packaging waste
from taxpayers to the huge companies responsible for creating the packaging.
Save municipalities millions of dollars over just 10 years.
Prevent so-called “chemical recycling” from counting as recycling.
Provide desperately-needed funding for recycling infrastructure and waste
reduction projects by putting a modest producer fee on single-use packaging.

Learn more at: www.beyondplastics.org/nys-packaging-reduction

05/25/2026

At the Repose of the Fallen in Lake George our earliest heroes were recently laid to rest eternally. This Memorial Day, we remember them and all of our service members who gave their lives in service to our country