The Adirondack Council

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What We Do:

Protect Land
Private Lands
Public Lands
Environmental Protection Fund

Improve Water Quality
Our Water Program

Reduce Air Pollution
Acid Rain
Mercury
Climate Change

Our Vision Statement
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Opportunities for Action

We partner with lodges,
cultural centers, and summer camps to protect the Park

We envision an Adirondack Park with clean water and air, large wilderness areas, surrounded by working farms and forests and vibrant local communities.

Adirondack Council Promotes New Bob Marshall Wildlands Complex

Make a contribution for the Bob!

Introduces New Map and Trail Guide
for Region
How to Get a Map

New Area Larger than Great Smoky Mountains National Park, With ‘The Bob 24’ – Two Dozen Historic Villages to Support It, Make Eco-Tourism Easier

Save the Date!
Adirondack Council's 2012
Forever Wild Day
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Asgaard Farm and Dairy
Au Sable Forks, NY

The Adirondack Club and Resort Project
in Tupper Lake
Information Page

What's New

Action Alert
Comment Period Extended Until February 6 at 5:00 pm
Proposed Regulations Need to be Strengthened to Protect the Park’s Waters - Please Contact the DEC Today!

Adirondack Council to Consider its Options Following Disappointing Court Decision on Forest Preserve Snowmobile Trail Construction - Appellate Division of NYS Supreme Court Decision Leaves Organization in Position of Having to File Dozens of Individual Lawsuits in Order to Prevent Harm to ‘Forever Wild’ Public Lands

Senators Leahy and Schumer Press Release
Leahy and Schumer Secure Funda to Prevent Shutoff of Flood Gauges in Champlain Basin - Gauges In Clinton, Essex, and Washington Counties Were Crucial During Irene And Spring Floods

Adirondack Council Calls on Gov. Cuomo and Sage Commission to Realign State Agencies to Better Manage Adirondack Park - Plan Calls for Administrative Changes at the Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation, Funding for Local Government Planning Assistance

Reduced Prices on Many Gifts
Visit Our Shop
Adirondack Pack Basket, Loon Bank,
Loon Pin and Box, Mugs and more!!

"Carbon-Zero" Certificate
Lets You Erase Your Carbon Footprint
"Retire" 21 Tons of CO2 for Only $125

Cool Park/Healthy Planet Program
Help Protect the Park from global climate change with our
Carbon Reduction Certificates

Watch the documentary
on acid rain by
Michael Williams
Includes an interview with the Council's Communications Director, John Sheehan

Hit the Trail With
John Davis!
Former Conservation Director
for the Adirondack Council
is participating in TrekEast.

Adirondack Park
Issues

The Adirondack Council's Position Paper on Agriculture in the Adirondack Park

Common Ground Alliance's Blueprint for the Blueline

Protecting the Low Elevation Boreal Forest

The Council's paper Climate Change and Future Land Use in the Adirondack Park

Communication Towers in the Park & the Council's Model Ordinance for Towers

Tips for Conserving Energy and Saving the Environment & Earth Saving Tips from Earthshare

Adirondack Council
in the News

December 22, 2011 - Post Star
EPA rule could help Adirondack lakes, streams

December 19, 2011 - NCPR
Did APA procedures and regulations fall short during Big Tupper review?

December 19, 2011 - Press-Republican
Leaders urge USGS to fund stream gages here

December 10, 2011 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
DEC Region 5 gets new chief

December 6 2011 - Times Union
Power talks turn a corner