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AdkAction’s “Don’t Be Salty” Campaign Inspires Statewide Action

Our Don’t Be Salty ADK and Don’t Be Salty Lake Champlain public outreach initiatives are making waves beyond the Adirondacks! This winter, they will transform into the Don’t Be Salty NY program, led by the NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation and Dept. of Transportation, aimed at reducing road salt impacts on waterways and ecosystems across the state. It’s a great example of AdkAction’s local ideas shaping statewide action to protect our water.

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Fair Food Card Project Partnering to Help Adirondack Women, Infants, Children (WIC) in 2026

Families across the Adirondacks are gaining new, reliable access to fresh, locally produced food through AdkAction’s Fair Food Card, now coordinated in partnership with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices throughout the region. WIC is a federal nutrition service that supports low-income families with pregnant individuals and young children age

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Tracking Road Salt to Protect Adirondack Streams

Each winter, road salt helps keep Adirondack roads safe. When the snow melts, that salt can wash into nearby streams and groundwater, where it can persist for decades and harm aquatic life and drinking water supplies. For years, AdkAction has worked with municipalities across the Adirondacks to reduce road salt

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The Ever-Evolving Fair Food Card Project

During the Covid-19 pandemic, AdkAction offered Emergency Food Packages, which provided free boxes of locally produced food delivered directly to homes across the Adirondacks. But we knew hunger didn’t end there. As the immediate crisis shifted, so did we. By 2021, the initiative had become the Fair Food project, distributing

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