Adirondack Wilderness Advocates 6/6/25 Adirondack Wilderness Advocates 6/6/25

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.

Bill Ingersoll 3/28/23 Bill Ingersoll 3/28/23

A Road is a Road—Any Questions?

If a road leads into a wild forest, is it still a road?

Kayla White 11/2/21 Kayla White 11/2/21

Stewardship Within the Adirondack Park

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation has long depended on — and partnered with — organizations to deploy stewards. From summits to trailheads to water access points, these stewards help educate the public on responsible recreation and enlist their help in protecting the Forest Preserve.

Bill Ingersoll 10/5/21 Bill Ingersoll 10/5/21

Have a Little Faith in the Forest Preserve

….Just over a century ago, there was a public campaign to acquire Mount Marcy – then a privately-owned mountain, like many of the High Peaks – as part of a “Victory Mountain Park,” which was envisioned by its promoters as a pleasure ground for service members returning home from World War I. Although no one refers to the state’s highest summit as Victory Mountain Park today, it is hard to imagine the Forest Preserve being complete without it….

Bill Ingersoll 8/25/21 Bill Ingersoll 8/25/21

Cuomo’s Divisive Adirondack Legacy

If you travel far enough northeast in Essex County you’ll reach a seemingly un-Adirondack mixture of expansive pastures interrupted by forested hills – a bucolic landscape somewhat more evocative of Vermont or the Catskills rather than the land of French Louie and Old Mountain Phelps. But this is nevertheless one’s first impression of Exit 32. Turning westward onto County Road 12, though, one is presented with a rugged mountain skyline, where the Adirondack bedrock seems ready to burst vertically out of its forested cloak….

Ari Epstein 8/17/21 Ari Epstein 8/17/21

Join AWA for Second Wilderness Webinar

Ari, who works in public sector data management and innovation, will talk about what we have accomplished so far and discuss how this tool could be used in collaboration with organizations within and beyond the Adirondack Park. He will discuss how this tool fits into an array of efforts that seek to enhance the wild character of the Forest Preserve through better monitoring, visitor education, and rapid adaptation.

Pete Nelson 11/8/20 Pete Nelson 11/8/20

Protecting the Wilderness with Positive Reinforcement

The Coronavirus pandemic, which depressed visitation for the first part of the summer, has clearly caused a massive spike in recreation.