Adirondack Council

The famed Whitney Park property in the Adirondacks and the Cady Hill mansion in Saratoga Springs have been sold to a Dallas, Texas, developer. While the business deal means a windfall for one local town, and potential economic benefit for the region, environmental advocates have concerns.

For the 10th year, the Adirondack Council will provide micro-grants for projects on working lands within the Adirondack Park.

In June 2021, former Sierra Club president Aaron Mair was hired by the Adirondack Council to spearhead a project called ‘Forever Adirondacks’. As the three-year project concludes and he leaves the Council, Mair says the campaign has successfully met its goals.

The Adirondack Council is criticizing Governor Kathy Hochul for vetoing a bill it says would have helped protect wildlife across New York state.

The Adirondack Council has issued its latest “State of the Park” report reviewing government actions and the status of the 6 million acres of protected lands in New York.

The records from the current director of the Adirondack Council’s Forever Adirondacks Campaign will be added to a new environmental justice manuscript collection at the Library of Congress.

Aaron Mair says while he’s disappointed with COP28's final agreement, the conference was an intense experience.

The Adirondack Council has issued its annual “State of the Park,” a report card on actions that have impacted the six-million-acre area of northern New York.

The Adirondack Council has chosen Deputy Director and Acting Executive Director Raul “Rocci” Aguirre as the group’s seventh, and first Latino, executive director.

The growing popularity of the Adirondacks has prompted several studies into what is called visitor use management planning. The latest released this week by the Adirondack Council finds that high use is not only affecting the wilderness, it is diminishing hikers’ solitude.