Defending Wilderness

Annual Report 2017-18 Letter from the Chair

Defending Wilderness and Advancing Environmental Protections

Board of Directors Dear PROTECT Members,

Charles Clusen The end of each year gives me an opportunity to take Chair stock of our work and impact. I’m pleased to report that the past year saw a series of victories, large and Marilyn DuBois small, for the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Park. Sidney Harring They’re listed throughout this report. I’m proud of the Michael Wilson key role that Protect the Adirondacks played to push Vice-Chairs these victiories over the finish line. It says a lot about the formidable defenses organized by Protect the Ad- James McMartin Long irondacks and many others that even in these trying Secretary and difficult times the Adirondack Park still sees major environmental wins that will benefit New Yorkers and David Quinn Treasurer others for generations.

Nancy Bernstein The decision to classify Boreas Ponds as the state’s Richard Booth newest Wilderness lands, which was three years in John Caffry the making, was a major milestone in the history of the Adirondack Park and Forest Andy Coney Preserve. This decision was a compromise, but it achieved the most important results. Dean Cook The Boreas Ponds will be managed as motorless lakes and over 11,000 acres of sur- James Dawson rounding forests are now part of the High Peaks Wilderness. Lorraine Duvall Robert Glennon Protect the Adirondacks also worked to reaffirm the principle that the Adirondack Park Roger Gray is a protected eco-region where activities tolerated in other parts of the country are not Evelyn Greene allowed here. Last spring, the last of over 100 oil tanker railcars was removed from the Peter Hornbeck Sanford Lake Railway, which runs from North Creek to the Tahawus Mine. A railroad Mark Lawton company had planned to put between 2,000 and 3,000 oil tankers on that line indefinite- Peter O’Shea ly. PROTECT worked with local government leaders, state leaders, state agencies, and Barbara Rottier other groups, to defeat this plan. There will be no linear junkyard in the Adirondacks. Philip Terrie The High Peaks Wilderness was expanded to over 275,000 acres. We helped stop a Peter Bauer plan to cap state Forest Preserve tax payments that would have undermined local com- Executive Director munities. We supported new conservation design legislation. We put interns, volunteers Juliana Carattini and staff out into the Forest Preserve for fieldwork to gather important data. Our Adiron- Director of Development dack Park Assessment Program continues to provide essential data for monitoring the long-term water quality of Adirondack lakes and ponds. Annual Report 2017-18 December 2018 We also now have a new home. The gift from Doug Cole has given us a permanent headquarters outside of North Creek in the central Adirondacks. This building is solar- Published by and wind-powered. It’s currently under renovation but will be a home for our staff, Protect the Adirondacks interns, and meetings. It came with financial resources to maintain it for the long-term. PO Box 48 And we have a new Director of Development, Juliana Carattini of Schroon Lake. If you North Creek, NY 12853 have not already heard from Juliana you will. She joins our team as we’re working to 518.251.2700 expand our impact and build Protect the Adirondacks for long-term durability. [email protected] www.protectadks.org Another change is that our Board is now 21 wonderful volunteers. I’m very pleased Like Us on Facebook that we continue to attract high-powered Board members who give generously of their Follow us on Twitter time, expertise, and treasure. I am also extremely grateful to you our members for your @ProtectAdkPark steadfast support. You keep us going. Your generosity and your decision to step up and be counted helps to defend and advance environmental protections for the Forest Pre- Cover picture of Mount serve and Adirondack Park. Thank you very much for your activism and membership! Colden and Avalanche Lake by Nancie Battaglia —Chuck Clusen, Chair, Board of Directors

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2017-2018 Protect the Adirondacks’ Action Map

Protect the Adirondacks works broadly and effectively throughout the Adirondack Park to defend the “forever wild” Forest Preserve, great forests, waters, and wildlife. This map shows action sites over the past year.

Conservation Success Action Site Clearcutting Action Site Invasive Species/Local Laws Action Site Forest Preserve Management Action Site Private Land Development Action Site Water Quality Monitoring Action Site Cougar Watch Sighting

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A Year of Major Victories and Major Challenges

Protect the Adirondacks met the major tests in 2017-2018 to defend the wild places and advance environmental protections for the Adirondack Park

Proud demonstrators afloat on Weller Pond in August 2018.

Report by Peter Bauer, Executive Director forts have yielded a number of victories Throughout the past year, Protect the Adirondacks for the wild places has been engaged in a variety of issues to defend the of the Adirondack forever wild Forest Preserve, advance environmental Park. protections for the Adirondacks, and protect the great forests, waters, and rural communities of the Adiron- Working for More dack Park. This work takes us throughout the Adiron- Motorless Waters: dacks, Albany, New York State and beyond. In August, PRO- TECT organized a The Adirondack Park, with its unique landscape of Canoe-In for Mo- mountains, abundant lakes, ponds, rivers and wet- torless Waters on lands, and vast, sweeping forests, poses a number of Weller Pond, part of unique challenges every year. Protect the Adirondacks the Saranac Lakes Peter Bauer works to meet these challenges head-on in a way that Chain. Weller Pond makes the Adirondack Park work for residents, Wil- is a small pond accessed by a navigable channel from derness, businesses, wildlife, local communities, the Hungry Bay on Middle Saranac Lake. 50 people in 36 Forest Preserve, and visitors. Over the last year, our ef- canoes, kayaks, and guideboats demonstrated for the

3 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Conservation & Advocacy Report Nancie Battaglia Nancie The High Peaks are experiencing a boom in hiking, which is stressing current management systems. small 190-acre Weller Pond and Little Weller Pond to be managed as motorless lakes.

Across the Adirondacks there are relatively few op- portunities for motorless waters on large lakes and ponds. Most of the major Adirondack lakes are open to all manner of motorized watercraft. Of the 100 larg- access is how they get to wild places and enjoy Wilder- est lakes in the Adirondacks, from Lake Champlain to ness. Greater opportunities are needed for motorless Beaver Lake in the western Adirondacks, 77 are open waters in the Adirondacks and Weller Pond is one for all manner of motorized boating and floatplanes, such opportunity that must be seized. PROTECT plans 14 lakes are privately owned and provide no public to organize more canoe-in floating demonstrations in access, and just 9 are motor-free. Just 17 of the big- the future. gest 200 lakes are easily accessible and motor-free. The demand is high for motor-free experiences, but the Working for Greater Investment in the High Peaks supply is low. The public deserves greater opportuni- Wilderness: The High Peaks are experiencing a boom ties for motor-free waters across the Adirondack Park. in public recreational use unlike anything ever seen. Popular hikes, such as Cascade Mountain, are seeing Wild places grow fewer each year. The Adirondack over 40,000 hikers a year. Others, like Giant Mountain Park offers great opportunities for hiking in wild and Mount Marcy, are seeing over 30,000 hikers a year. places, where the longer one hikes the more remote So far the state’s response to the hiking boom in the the country one can access, but opportunities to do High Peaks Wilderness has been reactive with minor this by boat are limited. For many, canoe or kayak adjustments to a problem that has engulfed not only

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High Peaks trails in need of upgrades, reconstruction, and maintenance. the High Peaks Wilderness Area, but neighoring areas PROTECT is working to ensure that the High Peaks like the Giant Mountain and Hurricane Mountain Wil- Wilderness receives the stewardship and management derness Areas. this extraordiunary landscape deserves.

PROTECT has been advocating for a greater invest- PROTECT put interns, volunteers and staff into the ment in the High Peaks Wilderness to build a com- High Peaks this past summer to catalogue trail condi- prehensive new management system. This world class tions. We inventoried trails to record their conditions landscape deserves world class management. Unfor- and catalogued the status of various facilities, includ- tunatley, state agencies are not prepared for wholesale ing bridges, boardwalks, stone staircases, bog bridges, upgrades, prefering timid actions and inadequate campsites, pit privies, areas with eroding, side trails, investments. widening, and water damage, among other trail fea- tures. Poorly maintained trails degrade the natural This fall, state agencies praised the opening of a new resources and hiker experience in the High Peaks. The state campground at Frontier Town. This new camps- High Peaks needs a sustainable trails system. Gather- ground cost over $7 million and will never see public ing trail condition information is highly useful for use numbers anywhere near the High Peaks. The High making the case for greater investment trails in 2019. Peaks have never seen anything like a $7 million in- vestment. Today, trails throughout the High Peaks, es- In addition to advocating for greater investment in pecially at high elevations, are eroded and in disrepair. trails and other facilities, PROTECT is also advocating These trails are eroded trenches of mud and water in for long-term planning and management improve- many places, worn to bedrock in others, and stretch to ments. Right now, the High Peaks is managed piece- widths of over 25 feet as hikers search for a safe route. meal. A modern, comprehensive management system

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New York’s newest Wilderness lands at the Boreas Ponds.

would integrate education, sustainable trails, scientific research about hiker impacts and carrying capacity of trails and mountains, and construction and main- tenance of facilities, such as trailheads, parking areas, and campsites. Building an improved, comprehensive management program for the High Peaks Wilderness is a major priority for 2019. Wilderness/Primitive (1,072,900) and Wild Forest (1,165,000). The Adirondack Park Agency states that Victory! Wilderness at Boreas Ponds: In February in 2018 the Forest Preserve had grown to 2,595,802 2018, Governor Cuomo and state agencies classified acres. That would put the growth of the Adirondack over 11,000 acres around the Boreas Ponds as Wilder- Forest Preserve at just over 350,000 acres. After the ness. These lands were part of more than 25,000 acres February 2018 classifications, Wilderness/Canoe/ of newly purchased lands that were classified as Wil- Primitive lands now stand at around 1,242,000 acres derness and added to the High Peaks Wilderness area. and Wild Forest stands at 1,324,000 acres. The remain- The classification of the Boreas Ponds was a major ing balance is made up of Intensive Use, Historic and milestone in the history of the Forest Preserve and State Administrative areas. In nearly 50 years, the Wil- Adirondack Park. This classification provided a new derness lands in the Adirondack Park have grown by and significant new motorless lake for the public. just over 150,000 acres. The relatively slow growth of The classification of new lands as Wilderness in the Wilderness lands shows just what a major accompish- Adirondacks is a slow process. In 1970, the Temporary ment the addition of over 25,000 acres was in 2018. Study Commission reported that the Adirondack For- est Preserve totaled 2,245,760 acres, divided between One way that PROTECT evaluates Adirondack Park

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The 275,000 acre High Peaks Wilderness Area.

management decisions is on whether or not they ad- agencies combined these areas into one grand, unbro- vance environmental protections. That’s the goal. The ken 275,000-acre High Peaks Wilderness area, which list of environmental victories in the Adirondacks is is now the 3rd largest wilderness east of the Mississippi long and has created the Adirondack Park that we all River. PROTECT advocated for this decision. This is a are blessed to know, experience, and enjoy today. The major milestone and accomplishment in Forest Pre- Boreas Ponds classification decision advanced envi- serve and Adirondack Park history. PROTECT con- ronmental protections for the Adirondack Park and is gratulates state agencies and all involved who worked consistent with the grand sweep of history for Forest to make the new expanded High Peaks Wilderness a Preserve acquisitions and classifications. The newly reality. purchased and classified Wilderness lands around Boreas Ponds will grow wilder year after year, decade Defending local communities: In 2018 New York after decade. State budget proposals, Governor Cuomo sought to cap state land and Forest Preserve tax payments. Cur- Expanded High Peaks Wilderness is now the 3rd rently, all local taxes on the public Forest Preserve are largest Wilderness east of the Mississippi River: locally assessed. The state, like any taxpayer, can grieve The classification as Wilderness of the Boreas Ponds, their assessments once a year. The proposed tax cap the MacIntyre West tract on the flanks of Santanoni would have limited state local and school taxes for Mountain, the MacIntyre East tract in the headwa- Adirondack communities in the years ahead. Current- ters of the Opalescent River, and the Casey Brook ly, the state pays over $80 million in local and school tract northwest of Elk Lake expanded the High Peaks taxes to Adirondack communities. By paying local and Wilderness by over 25,000 acres and linked the Dix school taxes at locally assessed rates on the 3 million Mountain and High Peaks Wilderness areas. State acre Forest Preserve in the Adirondacks and Catskills,

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Used oil tanker railcars stored on the banks of the Boreas River.

New York differs from the federal government and other states. PROTECT opposed these changes be- cause state payments of local taxes on the Forest Preserve helps to maintain and keep local communi- ties viable. PROTECT worked in coalition with lcoal government leaders and other environmental groups to defeat this proposal. Storage of oil tankers posed long-term threats from leakage of chemicals, disruptions to wildlife patterns, Stopped in their tracks: In the spring of 2018, the and undermined Forest Preserve values. The State of last of over 100 used oil tanker railcars that had been New York is pushing for formal abandonement of the stored on remote rail lines that stretched through Sanford Lake Railway, which runs from North Creek the Forest Preserve in the central Adirondacks were to the Tahawus Mine in Newcomb. We’re also pushing removed. The company that brought in these 100 rail- for conversion of the 50-mile Saratoga & North Creek cars had planned to bring in 2,000 to 3,000 oil tankers Railway to a multi-use public recreation trail. for indefinite storage. PROTECT protested storage of used oil tankers and fought against the creation of a The Forest Preserve around Third Lake cleared of all long linear junkyard through the Forest Preserve and buildings: All of the buildings of the legendary Gooley alongside the Hudson and Boreas rivers. We advocated Club hunting camp on Third Lake deep in the heart of against storage with state and federal elected officials the Essex Chain Lakes have been removed. The site is and with state and federal agencies. We kept this issue cleared. The dozen or so cabins, the shower building, alive in the press and published a video in partnership the main lodge clubhouse, the various storage build- with local elected leaders. ings, the dozens of gas tanks, and the network of docks

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The Gooley Club site on Third Lake, before and after.

are all gone. The site needs some modest restoration camps and clubs that are successfully operating on work, but should reforest and rewild steadility in the private lands owned by clubs, on private lands leased years ahead. by the clubs, and on leased parts of conservation ease- ment lands. Many of these clubs have been in opera- Under the terms of the state’s purchase of the Essex tion for decades, many have buildings as old or older Chain Lakes from The Nature Conservancy in 2012, than the Gooley Club, and there are many clubs that the hunting camps and clubs on these lands were would be interested in sharing their stories and seeing allowed to remain until the end of September 2018. their buildings recognized for their historic values. Their last exclusive big game season was 2017. The Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan The site of the former Gooley Club will make a ter- (UMP) called for the removal of the Gooley Club rific campsite on Third Lake in the years ahead. It’s buildings once their term of exclusive use was up, but a beautiful site on a gorgeous bay, lined with islands some members of the Gooley Club, along with allies of towering windblown white pines with long views at Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) and beyond of forested ridges and Blue Mountain. It’s an local government leaders, made a last stand to keep extraordinary place that now fully belongs to all the these buildings. They argued that the Gooley Club people. It’s the people’s land forever more. These lakes should stay and be preserved and maintained by the and the forest that surrounds them will grower wilder state as a kind of living museum of Adirondack hunt- year after year, decade after decade, a grand showcase ing and fishing camp culture. of the promise of forever wild. The Essex Chain Lakes suffer from poor campsites, but this spot will be a fine PROTECT and others argued against this. We argued campsite, hopefully forever, a place where generation that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of similar after generation can enjoy the wild Adirondacks.

9 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Conservation & Advocacy Report Nancie Battaglia Nancie The clearcuts of the Kushaqua conservation easement.

Clearcuts raise many questions for long-term for- est management on conservation easement lands: The Cuomo Administration has been very supportive of streamlining state review and permitting for major new forest clearcuts on conservation easement lands in the Adirondack Park. The first two terms of the Cuo- mo Administration have seen more approved clearcuts Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award 2018 to The than at any point since the APA started issuing permits Nature Conservancy Team for Heart of the Adiron- in 1973. dacks Campaign: The 2018 Howard Zahniser Adiron- dack Award was made to The Nature Conservancy’s PROTECT has long championed state purchase of “Heart of the Adirondacks Campaign” team, which conservation easements in the Adirondacks. We be- included many people from Adirondack Chapter, state lieve that easements are an investment in the economy and national offices. This campaign ran for 10 years and environment of the Adirondacks. The advent and secured the protection of over 69,000 acres of of widespread clearcutting on easement lands raises lands in the Forest Preserve, including the Essex Chain many questions. While clearcuts have long-term im- Lakes, Blue Ledges in the Hudson Gorge, Boreas pacts there is little data about the success of clearcuts Ponds, and long stretches of the Opalescent, Hudson in the Adirondacks. There is little data about regenera- and Cedar rivers. Former Adirondack Chapter execu- tion, loss of soil, impacts on different tree species, and tive director Mike Carr, now with the Adirondack wildlife impacts. State agencies should have a morato- Land Trust, and Dirk Bryant, Science Director with rium on new clearcuts until these questions have been the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, examined. accepted this award as pictured above.

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A typical stretch of a new road-like class II community connector snowmobile trail.

Legal Actions to Defend Forever Wild: PROTECT is Woodward Lake in a typical piano-key-lot format and involved in two legal actions. Our lawsuit challenging another 18 will be located further back from the lake the constitutionality of road-like class II community (see one option for this development above). Parcels connector snowmobile trails, which often see 1,000 will range from 5 to 200 acres. Lakeshore lots will be trees cut down per mile of new trail, is currently in smaller, many less than 10 acres, and some of the back appeal. PROTECT is appealing an adverse decision in lots will be 100 to 200 acres. State Supreme Court in Albany County at the Appel- late Division, Third Department. A decision is expect- Last spring, the leaders at the APA staunchly opposed ed in 2019. PROTECT is also working with Earthjus- legislation championed by NYS Assembly Conserva- tice and Adirondack Wild to challenge state actions tion Committee Chair Steven Englebright to amend to allow motor vehicles in a part of the Hudson River the APA Act to require conservation design for all corridor classified as “Wild” under the NYS Wild, major subdivisions in the Adirondacks. PROTECT Scenic and Recretaeational Rivers Act. We’re appealing supports this legislation. Conservation design is a to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, after practice where subdivisions are analyzed to identify a split decision at the Appellate Division. This case the most important natural resource features, which should also be decided in 2019. are then protected from development. All residen- tial structures and supporting infrastructure, such as Reform the APA Act to require conservation design roads, utility lines, and housing, are clustered in order for major subdivisions in the Adirondack Park: A to consolidate and limit their impacts. The Woodward controversial new 1,200-acre development is under Lake developers have refused to utilize conservation review by the Adirondack Park Agency to create 37 design practices at this time. PROTECT will continue building lots in the southern Adirondacks, outside to push for reform of the APA Act to require conserva- of Northville. Under this project 17 lots will ring tion design in 2019.

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Lakes and Ponds Enrolled in the Adirondack Lake Assessment Program in 2018

Adirondack Lake Garnet Lake Osgood Pond The Adirondack Lake Amber Lake Gull Pond Otter Pond Assessment Program is a Arbutus Pond Hewitt Lake Paradox Lake partnership between the Augur Lake Hoel Pond Pine Lake Adirondack Watershed In- Austin Pond Indian Lake (Franklin Cty) Pleasant Lake stitute at Paul Smith’s Col- Big Moose Lake Indian Lake (Hamilton Cty) Raquette Lake lege and Protect the Adi- Blue Mountain Lake Jordan Lake Rich Lake rondacks. 2018 marked the Brandreth Lake Kiwassa Lake Rondaxe Lake 21st season of ALAP water Butternut Pond Lake Abanakee Schroon Lake quality monitoring. ALAP Canada Lake Lake Clear Silver Lake has grown into one of the Caroga Lake (East) Lake Colby Simon Pond best citizen science long- Caroga Lake (West) Lake of the Pines Star Lake term water quality monitor- Catlin Lake Lake Titus Stoney Creek Ponds ing programs. Chase Lake Lens Lake Sylvia Lake Chateaugay Lake (Lower) Little Long Lake Thirteenth Lake The annual report for all Chateaugay Lake (Upper) Long Lake Tripp Lake ALAP lakes is available on- Chazy Lake Long Pond Trout Lake line on PROTECT’s website Cranberry Lake Loon Lake (Franklin Cty) Tupper Lake www.protectadks.org. Deer Lake Loon Lake (Warren Cty) Twitchell Lake Eagle Lake Lower Saranac Lake White Lake Eli Pond Mink Pond Windover Lake Fern Lake Moss Lake Wolf Lake Frank Pond Mountain View Lake

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$5,000 and more $500–$999 Jane Alpert and Foster DeJesus Doris and Odd Andersen Chuck Clusen and Gail Curran Peter Bauer and Cathleen Collins Leonard and Helen Andrew Marilyn DuBois Dick Beamish and Rachel Rice Susan Angell and Timothy Palmer Dale Jeffers Frances Beinecke and Paul Elston Burt Angrist James McMartin Long Michael Thomas Carr Jo Anne and Alan Broadbent Goldman Sachs & Co. Matching Gifts Mark Chamberlain Katherine Armstrong Patagonia Joe and Rita Coney Joseph and Ann Armstrong David and Deborah Quinn Lorraine Duvall and Bruce Berra Mary Ashmead The F.M. Kirby Foundation Sylvia Flescher and Thomas Marcyes Richard and Elaine Avidon The Overhills Foundation Robert and Trinidad Gilmore Karen Azer The Prospect Hill Foundation Neil and Jane Golub Mike Baglivo The Walbridge Fund Ed Harstead James and Anne Bailey Walt and Jean Hayes John and Ro Bailo $1,000–$4,999 Hans Himelein and Janice Kyle Paul and Anne Bakeman Gordon Howard Judith Baker Anonymous Eugene and Carolyn Kaczka Stephen and Barbara Jo Baker Jeff and Sherri Bergsten Margaret and Henry Kinosian Margaret Baldwin Nancy Bernstein Diana Knox Robert and Elizabeth Ball Joanne Brauer William Koebbeman Robby Barnett and Susan Mandler John Brothers Joan C. Long John Barr Judith Buechner Steven Markowitz Nicholas Barr Linda Cohen Hester and Andrew McCarthy Joyce Barrett Ellen Collins John and Margaret Ann McGlade Robert Barrett Sarah Collins Elizabeth McNulty Herman Baruth Dean and Terrina Cook Adelia Moore and Tom Gerety Harold Bauer James and Caroline Dawson Richard and Barbara Moore Valerie and James Bayley Jack and Susie Delehanty Charlie Morrison Linda Beadnell Richard and Leanna DeNeale Robert Murphy and Cynthia Rye Robert Beaty Llewelyn Engel Henry and Patricia Pildner Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Beinecke Tessa Sage Flores Ann Poole Lisa and Peter Bellamy Richard and Rebecca Evans Foundation Rosemary and Frank Pusateri Steven Berger Barbara Glaser Frances Shapiro Carl and Betsy Bergmann Robert and Michalene Glennon Philip Terrie William Berner Roger and Monica Gray Maury and Nancy Tigner Harold and Ruth Bernstein Sid and Michelle Harring Jane Louise William Joseph Bertino Bob and Leslie Harrison Anthony Zazula Christopher Berzinski and Susan Kozel Tom and Dierdre Hudnut Dean Bianco Anne and Robert Jeffrey $499 and less Anya Bickford and Doug Chamberlain Eric Johanson Peter and Chrysanthi Bien Mark and Holly Lawton Adirondack 46ers Peter and Linda Biesemeyer Barry Oreck and Jessica Niccoll Adirondack Experience Library Robert Biesemeyer Mark and Karen Perreault Pamela Aall and Charles McPherson Aaron and Anne Bigalow Larry and Wendy Rockefeller Paul Abess Florence and Ned Bigelow Richard Jarvis and Barbara Rottier Ernest and Kathleen Abrahamson Carolyn Bishop Brian and Ginny Ruder Kurt Abrahamson Susan Blakeney Harold and Carol Shippey Neal and Linda Adams Terry Blank and Paula Kurasch Joan Sinnott Elyse M Adinolfi Jane Blank Kenneth and Joanne Strike Nancy Agen Stephen and Mary Blocklin John Sullivan Leif Ahrens Nan Boardman and Steve Amstutz Elizabeth and Edward Thorndike Lisa and Nik Aktas Kathie Bogert Sidney S. Whelan Joseph Albarelli John and JoAnn Bojanek Michael Wilson and Beverly Bridger Frank and Jane Alessandrini Richard Booth

13 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Leon Borden and Catherine Porter-Broden Peter Clarke Mary Lou Doulin Peter and Jane Borrelli Alison Clarkson and Oliver Goodenough John and Christina Doyle Thomas and Alana Both Alan Cole and Louise Trevillyan George Doyle Patricia Bothwell Joan Collins and George Yellott Gary Dreiblatt and Nancy Sinkoff Reginald and Lucille Bowden Patricia Collins James DuMond and Lisa Cole Elinor Brady William Coman Lyn DuMoulin Paul and Grace Brady Andy and Terry Coney John and Wendy Duryea Bob Brand Bonnie Cook Anthony Lee Dutton Harvey Breakstone Shirley Cornish Edward and Mary Earl Nancy Breen Janice Corr Carolyn and Anatol Eberhard Eric Bright Timothy and Robin Costas Daniel Egan Nancy Brooks Carole Couch Keith and Bonnie Ellis Elaine Brophy Jay and Page Cowles David Ellison and Carolyn Olsen John and Eveline Brower Richard Crammond Craig and Jill Emblidge Kirk and Constance Brown Dale Crisafulli Robert Engel and Judy Watson Angela Brown Arthur Crotty Helen Engelhardt Everett and Lois Brownell Ronald and Sheila Cuccaro Michael English Bob and Nancy Buckley Darlene Cullen Denise Erickson and James Bark John Burfeind Gary Cunningham Christina Erickson Douglas Burgess Richard and Monique Cunningham Michael and Joanne Esposito Peter and Gretchen Burk Rick and Diane Cunningham John Fanelli Randall Burkard Lawrence D’Arco David and Catherine Fant Robert Burt Richard and Doris Daigle Jay and Dorothy Federman Glenn Busby and Margot Bean James Dannenberg John Fenaroli Derek Busch James Davidson Linda Filarecki Joseph Butera Robert Davis Robert Finnegan Jeanne Butler George and Anita Davis Mary and Larry Fischer Susan Butler John S. Davis Bob Fisher and Bibi Wein Katherine Buttolph Chad Dawson Harvey and Mary Flad Dean and Janice Butts Robin and Terry de Armas John Flagg Rick and Ellen Butz Marilyn De Leon Tom Flatley Gerald and Elizabeth Byrne Anthony Dean and Ann Anderson Laurence Fogelson John Caffry Joy and Frank Death David and Alanna Fontanella Helen and Chuck Cairns Cindy and Steven DeCarlo Debra and David Foote Dick Camarra Robert and Marion Dedrick Nancy and Drew Forhan Kevin and Silvia Camson Michael Degiulio Thomas and Susan Forrest Marci and Rick Caplan Rudy Dehn Jill Fox James and Susan Carl William and Sara Jane DeHoff Frank Franco Michael and Linda Casey Mary Denn Alex Frank and Stacey Mandelbaum Brian Castler and Katherine Duffendack Walt Dergosits and Marisa Muratori Rella Frantzis Dick and Barbara Catlin Bernadette DeSantis Jack and Tillie Freeman Anne Catron Ralph and Anne Desiderio Robert and Rosalie Fuss Denis Chagnon Linda DeStefano and Richard Weiskopf Douglas and Leslie Gallagher Pru Chapman John Dey William Gambert Carol and Bill Charping Joanne Diamantis Mary Kate Gardner and Russell Puschak Scott Chase James Dimeglio John and Janet Garrett Charles Chiara Noel and Wes Dingman William and Dorothy Gay Nick and Lorraine Chiorazzi Mike DiNunzio Ellie and Cal George Ronald and Holly Chorba Betsy E. Dirnberger Carl George David Matthew Christie Emmett Dockery Phyllis and Hap Georges Georgeina Christie Jacqueline Donnelly Steven and Susan Gifis Annmarie Cipollo Faith Donovan and David West Craig and Alice Gilborn Lizbeth Clark Joseph Dorn Patti Gillespie and Kenneth Cameron

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Diane and Richard Gleave Jim and Susan Herschel Howard Kirschenbaum Fred and Gloria Gleave Jan Hesbon Harold Klein Kenneth Gnade Tom and Margaret Hickey Nancy Knaggs Mary Ann and John Goddard Robert Hindman Andrew Knox James Goetz Michael Hodgman Nelle Knox Cobb Goff Edward Hoe Ellen Koch and George Utley James Goff David Hoffman Charles and Carol Koehler Christopher Gonzales James and Eileen Hoffman Bart and Julie Koehler Harry and Mary Good Daniel Hoffman Charles Komanoff and Judy Levine David and Sylvia Goodman Ragnhild Holmquist Martin and Phyllis Korn Peter and Carol Goss Neil Holtzman Robin Kozakiewicz Polly and Peter Gott Richard Hooker Doris Kramm Martin Graetz Jeffrey and Aileen Horowitz Richard and Patricia Krogmann Jessica and Jim Gray Glenn Howard Bruce Krug Scott Gray III Herb and Nancy Hudnut Jr. Norman and Christine Kuchar Paul and Ellen Grebinger Theodore and Joan Hullar Ruth Kuhfahl Evelyn and Donald Greene Karyn Hurley Lars Kulleseid Elizabeth Greene Jim and Sheila Hutt Ken Laboski Denise Griffin John and Karen Huttlinger John LaGraff John Grillo Joanne Infantino Joseph and Mary Lahut James and Sarah Grossman Joan Ipsen Douglas and Arlene Langdon Dolores and Joseph Grupp Chris Irick Nancy Langham Robert Guarnera Richard and Sonja Irwin Rose Lansbury Rick Guior and Barbara Frank Howard and Mary Jack Barbara Lapidus and Carl Snyder Arthur Haberl Chris Jerome Ronald Larsen Andy and Judy Hadjandreas Danielle Jerry and Bob Platte Lori and Brett Larson John and Jeanne Hagerty Steven Jervis Gregory Lawrence Bob and Charlotte Hall Jane Johngren John and Alice Leddy James and Sharon Hall Conrad Johnson Phillip and Charlotte Lefton Christian and Helen Haller Douglas and Betsy Johnson Donald and Audrey Lehn George and Marcia Halloran Gregory Johnson Douglas and Carol Leith Phil Hamel Raymond and Lola Johnson Judith and Edwin Deane Leonard Pam Hanke Mary Johnson Meredith Leonard Elizabeth Hanke and Ethan Prince Patricia Johnson Jeffrey and Amy Levinn Marcus Harazin William Johnson Jeffrey Levitt Susan Hardy Penny Jolly and Jay Rogoff Mark Levy and Celine Keating Mark and Bianca Harring Ellen Jones Frederick and Immaculata Lieber Gerry and Christine Harris Henrietta Jordan John Lieff Jeb Hart Al and Mea Kaemmerlen Otto Liepin John and Teresa Hart Heather Hollister Kaese Daniel Ling John and Karen Hartnett Charles Kahrs Carol and George Little Dick and Joy Harvey Emilie and Bernard Kane Peter Littlefield and Elaine Yabroudy Joan and Alan Hasselwander Seth and Laurel Kane John Livezey Deborah Havas and Gary Baker Michael Kane and Kay Scharoun Lynn and Robert Livingston Philip Hawkes-Teeter Stephen Kapner Richard Loomis and Nancy Long Martha Hayes Marion Karl George Lordi Henry Healey Richard Kazis and Jill Medvedow Andrew and Cindy Love John Heimerdinger Roy Keats Nicholas and Cathy Lozoponi Craig Heindel and Judy Chaves Timothy Kelley Bonnie and Thomas Ludlow Mary Lynne Heldmann Peggy Kennelly and Patrick LaMaster Jerry Luhn Marc Heller Ruth Kerr Richard and Lisa Lyons Nancy Henk Jean Keskulla and George Stalker Ivy Main and Tim Engel Rick and Ann Herrick Tim and Jennifer Keyes Raymond and Patricia Mainer Kevin Kilgallen Michael and Pam Makara

15 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Jackie Mallery Lisa and Richard Morlock Robert and Sonja Poe Jean Mangun Judith Morris Alberta Poland Lawrence Manion Rick and Anne Morse William Pollak Martin and Elnora Manjak Rusty and Linda Mosher Edward Post Robert and Tomoko Manning Tom Mullen Michael and Gail Potter Joan and William Marden Brian Mulligan Andrew Prairie Michael and Mary Louise Marien John and Janet Mulvey Katharine Preston and John Bingham Steven Markel Michael and Marianne Murphy Seymour Preston Lynn Marsh Mary Agnes Murphy Kevin Prtoescholdt J. Langdon Marsh David Myers William and Barbara Pulsifer Roger Marshall Martin Myers Ronald and Linda Pushee Bob and Linda Marshall George and Margo Nagle Tarrant and Mary Ann Putnam Peter Marshall Carl Needy Jeffrey Putnam David and Sandra Martin G.G. Neffinger Linda Putnam Barbara Mason Rick and Jill Nelson John and Constance Quenell Thomas Massoth David and Laurel Newman Kristina Quenelle Lawrence Master Harry Newton David Quist Chris Matera George Nikolsky Everett Ramos William and Margaret Mather Yves and Elaine Nollet Curtis Read and Julie Stuart Jonathan and Diana Matlack Harvey Noordsy Jim Reagan Frederic and Virginia Mauhs Toni Norton Edward Reese Jim and Carol McCord Keri O’Brien-O’Shea Karen A Reid John McCreight Rose Marie O’Leary Elizabeth Reid Bill and Theresa McCutcheon Peter O’Shea Pauline Reid Sarah and James McGregor Peter Oberdorf Arthur Reidel Melinda McIlwaine Sue and Gordon Oehser Kathleen Reilly Richard and Carol McKeever Kevin Oldham Paul and Rosemary Reiss Margaret McKelvey and William Harkins Robert and Stephanie Olmsted Philip Resch Matthew McKenna John and Susan Omohundro Byron Richard Donald McLaughlin Tracy Ormsbee Sandra Richard Lynn and Suzanne McMannis Patrick and Gloria Orton James and Carol Richer Everett and Carol McNeill Don Ostrom Wayne Richter Charles and Mary McQuade Nihad Owaid John Riebesell William McTygue Patricia Packer Mark and Bettyan Rinefierd Nancy Mein Susan Packhurst Robert and Helen Ringlee Bernard Melewski Nancy Page James and Nancy Rissler Bernice Mennis Ted and Nancy Palmer Larry and Joyce Ritchie Sandy Mercaldi David Pandori Minney and Ted Robb Arthur and Anita Merims John Pangman Kenneth and Jane Robbins John Merriman Katherine Park Nancy Robbins Brian Meyers Frederick and Virginia Parker Kathleen Roberts Roy and Deborah Meyers Kathleen Parrish Nicholas A. Robinson Ellen Meyers Mike Parwana Donald Rodbell Howard and Karen Miller Garry Pascale Chris Rohner Paul Miller and Lea Perez Dr. J. Douglas Patterson Peter Rohr Robert Miller and Carol Hamblin Hillevi and Sven Paul Lewis and Sheila Rosenberg William Mirabile Brad and Jocelen Pearson William Rosenfeld Joane Molenock and Dan Karig Paula Perlmutter Ruth Rosenstein Paul and Sara Monroe Nancy Peterson Holly and Jerry Ross Susan Moody and Alan Brown Dr. Peter Pettengill George and Ingrid Rothbart William Morehouse Edward Petty Eleanor and Eugene Rowland Dr. Jeffrey Morgan Kenneth Phelps Penny Rubin and Jean Corigliano Robert Morganstein Mark Phillips Mark Rubin

Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 16 Acknowledgment of Donors 2017-2018

Eric Rucker Robert and Karen Spencer Steve and Peggy Wadecki John and Joan Ruef John and Margaret Sperling Gregory Wait Lorraine Ruffing and Beverly Pozzi Ronald Spitzer Bruce Wallace and Susan Cornell John Rugge Stephen and Barbara Spring Marie Walls Larry and Nancy Russell Carolyn Sprogell Thomas Warner Edwin Russell Michael and Jacqueline Stampalia Lorraine Waterhouse James and Jeanne Ryan Mark and Dorice Stancher Mary Jane Watson Maureen Ryan David Staszak Norman Webber Jack and Mary Ellen Ryder Hank Stebbins Andrew and Debra Weiner Ted and Sandy Ryder Anton Stegner Tad Welch Christine and Richard Salmon Peter Sterling and Andrea Proulx June Wellman Steve Samuell Gordon Stevens and Gislaine Jouanneau Nathaniel and Lois Wells Marilyn Sargent and Constance Dodge Donald and Margo Stever Carl Werner Frank Sasinowski Sue Stewart Katherine West and Alan McKnight Leo Sawyer John Conynghim Stewart Monique Weston Christopher and Susan Schaefer Shane Stewart Helen Whitaker Jim Scherer Andrew Stickle Daniel White Jean Schlofmitz-Testa Elizabeth Stott John Widdemer Daniel Schneider Twitty Styles Melissa Wilde and Stephen Viscelli Eileen and John Schneider Heather Sullivan-Catlin Lawrence Wilke Ann Schoeffler Toni Sunderland Jack and Norma Williams Ernst Schoen-Rene Pete Suttmeier Ernest Williams Katherine Schoonover Robert Swift Robert and Katherine Williams Richard Scofield Zebulon and Mavis Taintor Patricia and Thomas Willis Kristin and Danny Scott Naomi Tannen and Joe Mahay George Wingate Eric and Erika Scott Edward Taylor John Winstead Carolyn Serota and Richard Feldman Paul and Elizabeth Taylor Uta Wister Richard Shapiro Richard and Patricia Terry Tony and Ruth Witte Julian and Lee Shepherd Spencer Thew James and Jocelyn Jerry Wolcott Jeffrey and Liliane Sherman Barbara Thomas Elizabeth Wolf Cynthia Clusen Sherwood Phyllis Thompson Richard Wondra Frank Shirley Muriel and Enos Throop Tom Woodman Robert Shwajlyk Sally Thurston Mark and Elaine Woroby Ann and Jim Sidford Samuel and Mimi Tilton Bob and Blaikie Worth Lenton and Barbara Simms Derrick Tingley Diana Wright Howard and Martha Simonin Will and Caper Tissot George Yabroudy Alexander and Mary Ann Simpson Dave Tobias Donald Yanulavich Jean Singer Jon Tobiessen Theresa and Robert Singley Donna and Edward Trautwein-Welch Richard Sise Emily Tyner Brian Skorney Bill and Mary Ughetta Nancy and Glen Slack Thomas Ullmann David and Elise Smith Barbara Van Buren David and Janet Smith Charles and Patricia Van Kirk Jenna Smith Elizabeth VanDeWater Richard Smith Susan VanDorn Elias and Roslyn Socolof Hubert Velepec Barry Soicher Carol Vericker and Carmen Negron Mark Sotsky Carla Viands and Geoffrey Porter George Spak Bonnie and Larry Vicki Robert Spampata Joyce Villa James and Laurie Speer Patricia Vineski Pete and Heidi Spencer Jon and Brenda Voorhees

17 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Bequests The Community Foundation Lake Adirondack Association The F.M. Kirby Foundation Lake Titus Protective Association The Estate of Harold Boyce The Overhills Foundation Lake Colby Association The Prospect Hill Foundation Lens Lake/Hank and Margaret Kinosian The Estate of Douglas Cole The Walbridge Fund Little Long Lake Campers Association Long Lake Association Tributes Businesses and Organizations Long Pond Association Loon Lake Homeowners Association In memory of Walter Blank Adirondack Experience Lower Saranac Lake Association Braymer Law, PLLC Middle Saranac Lake/David Ellison Jane Blank Caffry and Flower Law Office Moss Lake/Ken and Joanne Strike Clorox Company/Employee Match Mountain View Association, Inc. In memory of Dr. Howard Amann Earthshare New York North Country Camps General Electric/Employee Match Osgood Pond Association Dr. Jane Louise William Hewlett Packard/Employee Match Pine Lake/Robert Shwajlyk Hornbeck Boats Raquette Lake Property Owners Assn. In memory of John R. Collins, Jr. IBM Foundation/Employee Match Rondaxe Lake Association ISO/Employee Match Simon Pond/Phyllis Thompson Heather Burack and Raul Cuza Mexico Tiger Sharks Star Lake Association Ruth and Don Howe Nixon Peabody, LLP The North Woods Club Walter and Margaret Reidy Princeton Area Community Foundation Sylvia Lake Association United Health Group/Employee Match Town of Caroga In memory of Barbara Valentine Hertz Town of Dannemora Adirondack Lakes Assessment Program Town of Harrietstown Dr. Nafeesa Owens Trout Lake Association Sandra Welch Adirondack Ecological Center Tupper Lake/Phyllis Thompson Adirondack White Lake Association Twitchell Lake Fish and Game Club In honor of Robert Boyle Austin Pond/Eveylyn Greene White Lake Association Baldface Mountain Preserve Windover Lake Association Lynn Marsh and Douglas DeLong Big Moose Property Owners Association Blue Mountain Center In honor of Michael Wilson Blue Mountain Lake WaterWatch Brandreth Park Association Katherine Steir Brantingham Lake Community Association Canada Lake Conservation Association Protect the Adirondacks makes every In honor of David Newhouse Coreys Residents Association effort to assure the accuracy of this Cranberry Lake Boat Club, Inc. list of generous donors. This list is for Robin Newhouse Robertson East Shore Schroon Homeowners Assoc. donors from July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018. Eli Pond/John Duryea If you see an error on this list please bring In honor of Sidney Harring Fern Lake Association it to our attention. Friends of Long Pond Association Danielle Silber Garnet Hill Property Owners Association Protect the Adirondacks is extremely Garnet Lake Civic Association grateful for the support of members and Foundations Green Mansions Swim and Tennis Club partners. Thank you very much! Gull Pond Property Owners Association Adirondack Foundation Hawkeye Conservation Association George and Evelyn Brothers Charitable Trust Hoel Pond Assoc./Roseanne Neuhard The Cedar Fund Hornbeck Boats Futhermore/The JM KJaplan Fund Indian Lake Association Richard and Rebecca Evans Foundation The Kildare Club Mary & Christopher Rodgers Foundation Kiwassa Lake Association Patagonia Lake Abanakee Association

Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 18 Fundraising and Development

There are many ways to support Protect the Adirondacks

There are many ways to help build our membership and support programs that are vital to the public Forest Preserve, waters and forests of the Adirondack Park

Protect the Adirondacks is extremely grateful for your support over the years. Your membership strengthens the voice of PROTECT throughout the Adirondack Park. There are many ways to give to PROTECT and all of them help us to continue our mission of preserv- ing the wild character of the Adirondacks for current and future generations.

Direct Contribution: The most popular way to con- tribute to Protect the Adirondacks is by mailing a check to:

Protect the Adirondacks P.O. Box 48 North Creek, NY 12853 Juliana Carattini, Director of Development

Gifts can also be made directly to Protect the Adiron- To make a gift from your IRA simply notify the IRA dacks using our online platform through our website custodian. www.protectadks.org. We also process credit card gifts over the phone. Donor Advised Fund: Donor Advised Funds (DAF) are another great way to ensure that Protect the Adi- Forever Wild Endowment: Members can become rondacks is able to continue our works for years to a part of PROTECT’s legacy by contributing to our come. A DAF can be established through groups such Forever Wild Endowment Fund. Endowment funds as the Adirondack Foundation. Your contributions can ensure the longevity of Protect the Adirondacks. Gifts be made as often as you like but the funds will not be of cash, stock or assets can be made directly to Protect dispersed to PROTECT until you say so. This gives you the Adirondacks or through the custodian of one of a chance to let your donation grow over time. Each our long term funds, The Adirondack Foundation. contribution to your DAF can be counted as a tax de- Bequests in a will, trust life insurance policy, or retire- duction even when you do not choose to disperse the ment plan can also be directed towards our Forever funds. Donating long-term appreciated securities to a Wild Endowment Fund. DAF will result in an avoidance of capital gains taxes.

IRA Contribution: Changes to the tax laws in 2017 If you have any questions about the different ways you may affect your decisions on how to give this year. can give to Protect the Adirondacks email us at info@ If you are 70.5 or older you may consider making a protectadks.org or call Juliana at (518) 251-2700. No gift through your IRA. Gifts of up to $100,000 can be matter which method you choose, your gifts will make made from either a traditional or Roth IRA. The gift a difference in preserving the great forests, lakes and will count against your required minimum distribu- river of the Adirondack Park. tion for the year and is excluded from taxable income. —Juliana Carattini

19 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Generous Bequests Ira Alquiros Ira Generous Bequests Helped PROTECT in 2017-18

At the end of May 2018, Protect the Adirondacks ing. Protect the Adirondacks is grateful for this gift of received an extraordinary bequest from Douglas Cole a long-term office and headquarters. of Johnsburg. Doug was a rafting and ski guide, a volunteer with the Southern Adirondack Search and At the end of 2017, Protect the Adirondacks also Rescue, and physical therapist. He donated his newly received a generous bequest from the Estate of Harold constructed home on Oven Mountain Road to be used Boyce of Liverpool, New York. Harold worked for as as a new headquarters. PROTECT moved into this a systems engineer with General Electric for nearly new space in June 2018 40 years. He retired to travel and hike widely. He was an Adirondack 46er and enjoyed hikes on the Finger The building was accompanied by a financial gift to Lakes Trail and the Catskills. be used for short-term renovations and long-term maintenance. The building is an energy efficient design Harold made gifts to a number of Adirondack orga- powered by a large solar array and a wind tower. The nizations to sustain their work to protect the Adiron- building has radiant geothermal heat. dacks and to dozens of other non-profits in central New York. PROTECT is currently working on interior renovation plans and a site plan for the grounds, over 11 acres. These projects will continue into 2019. We aim to use the new headquarters for office space and intern hous-

Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 20 2017-2018 Financial Summary

Assets 2017-18 2016-17 Expenses 2017-18 2016-17 Cash $114,491 $36,948 Salaries $118,780 $114,826 Cash (Designated) 87,021 96,548 Payroll Expenses & Benefits 17,029 14,296 Cash (Temporarily Restricted) 101,993 65,464 Contracted Services 1,657 1,812 Cash (Permanently Restricted) 320,544 0 Insurance 4,729 5,598 Grants Receivable 0 7,500 Occupancy Costs 6,325 6,900 Other Temp./Perm. Restricted Receivables 91,300 0 Telephone 1,194 1,189 Investments - Unrestricted 31,508 20,510 Supplies 3,964 1,334 Investments - Restricted 3,933 3,790 Printing 16,989 7,920 Property Held for Sale (Perm. Restricted) 250,000 0 Postage 7,054 3,863 Property (Adirondack Research Library) 450,000 450,000 Conferences & Events 4,291 3,950 Property (Headquarters) 191,645 0 Bank Charges 1,055 1,199 Equipment and Furnishings 64,530 61,291 Advertising 2,410 2,355 Less Accummulated Depreciation (61,345) (60,969) Dues & Subscriptions 458 612 Total Assets $1,645,620 $681,082 Legal Defense 47,137 243,822 Professional Fees & Services 8,123 8,249 Liabilities 2017-18 2016-17 Travel 6,392 9,789 Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $9,671 $7,000 Website & Technology Services 6,592 6,867 Total Liabilities $9,671 $7,000 Investment Fees 525 530 Program Expense 30,184 18,190 Revenues 2017-18 2016-17 Miscellaneous and Maintenance 1,261 457 Contributions & Grants $1,120,790 $183,397 Depreciation and Amortization 376 643 Dues & Fees 51,773 56,903 Total Expenses $286,525 $454,401 Investment Income 611 205 Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments (2,242) (193) Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1,617 2,459 2017-18 Total Resource Allocation In-Kind Donations 44,507 204,882 Program Services 31,270 20,675 8.8% Administration 7.2% Miscellaneous 66 0 Fundraising 8.8% Total Income $1,248,392 $468,328 7.2% Programs 84%

Program, Administrative 2017-18 2016-17 84% & Fundraising Expenses Conservation and Program Expenses (84%) $240,744 (93.6%) $425,432 Advocacy Programs Administrative Expenses (7.2%) $20,505 (3.5%) $15,990 Fundraising Expenses (8.8%) $25,276 (2.9%) $12,979 Total Expenses $286,525 $454,401

Notes

Protect the Adirondacks’ fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30th. NYS CHAR 500 and Federal 990 filed with the NYS Attorney General.

An independent audit was prepared by Cusack & Company in The Adirondack Research Library ($450,000) is on permanent loan to Latham, New York. the Kelly Adirondack Center of Union College in Niskayuna, NY, and PROTECT’s headquarters ($191,645) is located in Johnsburg, NY. All information reported in this summary is also available in PROTECT’s

21 Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 Giant Mountain, with Rocky Peak in the background, Giant Mountain Wilderness Nancie Battaglia Nancie Make a bequest and leave a gift of wildness

Protect the Adirondacks has set up a new Forever sional financial advisors. Here, gifts may be made in Wild Endowment to support our work to defend a number of ways directly to PROTECT and des- the Forest Preserve and great forests and waters of ignated for the Endowment. The second is through the Adirondack Park for the long-term. It’s vital the Protect the Adirondacks Fund at the Adirondack for the Adirondack Park that the voice, activism, Foundation. Both funds will be managed for long- research, and advocacy of Protect the Adirondacks term growth where income will be provided for is sustained for the long haul. We have established PROTECT’s programs based on an annual alloca- two ways for people to contribute to funds that will tion. The Forever Wild Endowment and the Protect be managed for the long-term viability of Protect the Adirondacks Fund at the Adirondack Founda- the Adirondacks. tion are designed to ensure that PROTECT’s work continues for decades ahead. To make a gift contact The first is through the Forever Wild Endowment Peter Bauer or Juliana Carattini at 518-251-2700 or managed by the PROTECT Board and profes- at [email protected]. Thank you!

Protect the Adirondacks • Annual Report • 2017-2018 22 Protect the Adirondacks PO Box 48 North Creek, NY 12853

Special appeal to protect Forever Wild: Please help now Please make a special contribution today to help defend our Protect the Adirondacks has gone to court to challenge the “forever wild” Forest Preserve from a massive expansion state’s plans, which we believe violate the State Constitution. of motorized recreational uses. State leaders and agencies This is a critical moment in Forest Preserve history and if are administering the greatest expansion of motorized use this expansion of motorized uses is not contained, the Forest in the Forest Preserve in its history as they work to build a Preserve will endure long-lasting natural resource damage. network of road-like snowmobile trails. Please help with a generous contribution today. Yes! I want to help protect Forever Wild

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