Adirondack Wilderness Advocates Launch New Website
This summer we decided to take on the formidable task of moving our site to a newer and easier technology platform, and while we were at it, we’ve redesigned our look-and-feel with the help of Rooted Rock Marketing.
In Wake of Whitney Park News, New York State Needs to Step Up
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates today called upon New York State to step up to ensure the best possible protection of what is one of the most significant wild parcels in private ownership in the Eastern United States.
Thank you for supporting our "No Motors in Wilderness" petition
The definition of “motor vehicle” will NOT be altered to permit motorized vehicles in Wilderness Areas. This is a huge victory.
Meet Our Newest Board Members
Read about our newest Board Members, Amy Nelson, Janelle Jones, and Tim Mount.
AWA Supports Trail Usage Research
AWA has been studying the use of trail counters and kiosks for some time in the context to visitor use data.
Update: OPDMDs and Wilderness Access for People with Disabilities
The redefinition of “motor vehicle” would fundamentally alter the traditional definition of Wilderness, which has always had the prohibition of motor vehicle access by the public as an essential tenet.
People with Disabilities have a Right to Accommodations – So Does Wilderness
It has long been a characteristic of human societies that oppressed classes end up pitted against each other, as though one is the cause of the other’s oppression. When it comes to the matter of improved access to the Forest Preserve for those with disabilities, let’s not let it happen here in the Adirondacks.
Help us to protect Wilderness!
Motorized access in Wilderness would be a violation of one of the most fundamental tenets of wilderness protection.
2024 Open Woods Ski Season at Jenkins Mountain Announced
It’s 2024 and ski season is upon us! Skiing and visitor use management studies are our favorite thing.
Meet AWA at Albany Winter Sports Expo
AWA will be at the Adirondack Sports Winter Expo in Albany, NY.
Hiker Dispersal – Take the Survey!
What are your opinions on hiker dispersal? Let us know!
AWA to Attend Adirondack Sports Expo
Join Adirondack Wilderness Advocates at the 2022 Adirondack Sports Expo in Saratoga Springs, NY!
Exciting Changes on AWA’s Board!
In June 2021, retired New York State Forest Ranger Scott van Laer joined AWA’s Board of Directors. Van Laer served as a New York State Forest Ranger for 25 years, much of that time in the High Peaks Wilderness region of the Adirondack Park, before retiring from the force in 2021. Today he is the director of Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center. His insights and experiences will be invaluable to AWA’s work in protecting New York’s wildest places.
Public Invited to Join AWA for High Peaks Webinar
In the inaugural Wilderness Webinar, AWA Board member and High Peaks Advisory Group (HPAG) member Pete Nelson will talk about the recently released HPAG Final Report.
AWA Co-organizing an Alpine Summit Adaptive Management Pilot
This project, The Alpine Summit Adaptive Management Pilot, will build off the work of the current Summit Stewardship Program in the Adirondack High Peaks.
AWA Selects New Leader
The directors voted unanimously to elect Kayla White to fill the leadership position. White has been active in AWA since its founding in 2016 and a member of the board since 2018.
AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan
The proposed trail, called the Seventh Lake Mountain – Sargent Ponds Trail, is just one part of a longer “community connector” trail linking the Moose River Plains network with the hamlet of Long Lake in northern Hamilton County, eliminating the need to cross Raquette Lake.
AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting
We were a small group of just seven people, and we gathered with no publicity or fanfare; but it was a momentous event, because it represented the first regular meeting of the new board of directors for our organization.
Wilderness Advocates Express Concern over Black River Plan in Adirondacks
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA) is stating that the plan for new trails and parking facilities likely does not conform with State Land Master Plan guidance, and that more information must be provided to the public before the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) can approve the proposals.