Adirondacks: Organizations

Major state agencies and their functions are described in The New York Red Book  (Ref.JK 3430.N5) and at the New York State HomePage.  Publications of the state government can be searched using the online catalog at the State Library (Albany) -  see above, or the printed Checklist of Official Publications of the State of New York  (Ref.Z1223.5.N57 N55). NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

From Adirondack Park Agency Reporter:

• Adirondack Park Agency Act
• Adirondack Park Agency Rules
• Forever Wild: New York State Constitution: Article IV: Conservation

• The Adirondack Council. Box D-2, Elizabethtown, N.Y. 12934 (518-873-2240)  "A coalition of the Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, Assoc. for the Protection of the Adirondacks, National Parks and Conservation Association, and other concerned organizations and individuals."
• The Adirondack Museum. Blue Mountain Lake, New York 12812 (518-352-7311)
• Adirondack Nature Conservancy & Adirondack Land Trust. P.O. Box 65, Keene Valley, N.Y. 12943. (518-576-2082)
• Adirondack Mountain Club. RR 3, Box 3055, Lake George, New York 12845 (518-668-4447). Heart Lake office: (518-523-3441)
• Adirondack Fairness Coalition. Chestertown, N.Y.
• Adirondack Park Agency. Ray Brook, N.Y. 12977 (518-891-4050)
• Adirondack Park Government Review Board. Sugarbush Rd., Onchiota, N.Y. 12968. (518-891-2753)
• Adirondack North Country Assoc.  (ANCA) 183 Broadway, Saranac Lake, N.Y. 12983 (518-891-6200)
• Adirondack Watershed Institute
• New York State. Dept. of Environmental Conservation. Region 5 Headquarters. Ray Brook, N.Y. (518-897-1200)
  • DEC Publications Locator
• Northern Forest Alliance.
• Property Rights Foundation of America - representing the interests of private property owners
• Protect the Adirondacks -"non-profit, grassroots membership organization dedicated to the protection and stewardship of the public and private lands of the Adirondack Park"  Includes the Adirondack Research Library - searchable online.
• A directory of other organizations is: Directory of Historical Associations in North America (Ref. E 172.D5)