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Local and Regional Environmental Advocacy Organizations in DEC Region 6

Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida & St. Lawrence Counties, New York

Regional Organizations

Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK)
Public Affairs Office

301 Hamilton Street
Albany, NY 12210-1738
Phone: 518-449-3870
FAX: 518-449-3875
E-mail: dkinfo@adk.org

Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Iroquois Chapter
Contact: George Farwell, Chapter Chair
10601 Hulser Road #40
Utica, NY 13502
Phone: 315-724-6257

The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Contact: Dave Gibson, Executive Director
897 St. Davids Lane
Niskayuna, NY 12309
Phone: 518-377-1452
FAX: 518-393-0526

Finger Lakes - Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance
Eastern Region

Contact: Scott Ingmire, Regional Representative, Madison County Planning Department
County Office Building
P.O. Box 606
Wampsville, NY 13163
Phone: 315-366-2498
FAX: 315-366-2742
E-mail: scott.ingmire@co.madison.ny.us

Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
Contact: Joyce M. King, Director
Akwesasne Mohawk Territory
Via P.O. Box 366
Rooseveltown, NY 13683
Phone: 518-358-3381

New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH)
1 Atwell Road
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Phone: 800-343-7527
FAX: 607-547-6087

New York Rivers United
199 W. Dominick Street
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: 315-339-2097
FAX: 315-339-6028
E-mail: NYRUORG@aol.com

Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks
P.O. Box 27, Ordway Lane
North Creek, NY 12853-0027
Phone: 518-251-4257
FAX: 518-251-5068
E-mail: rcpa@frontiernet.net

Sierra Club Iroquois Group
Contact: Martha Loew, Chair
P.O. Box 182
Jamesville, NY 13078
Phone: 315-492-4745

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Organizations in Herkimer County

Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Iroquois Chapter
Contact: Scott Gaffney, Chapter Chair
10 Caryl Boulevard
Clinton, NY 13323-1102
Phone: 315-733-1536

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Organizations in Jefferson County

The NYSDEC Office of Environmental Justice does not have any contact information for organizations related to environmental justice in Jefferson County at this time.
Please contact one of the regional organizations listed above.

To add contact information for an organization to this database, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us.

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Organizations in Lewis County

The NYSDEC Office of Environmental Justice does not have any contact information for organizations related to environmental justice in Lewis County at this time.
Please contact one of the regional organizations listed above.

To add contact information for an organization to this database, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us.

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Organizations in Oneida County

Izaak Walton League, Rome Chapter
Contact: Robert Ragazzo
1311 N. James Street
Rome, NY 13440
Phone: 315-337-1703

Izaak Walton League, Utica Chapter
Contact: Audrey Lewis
P.O. Box 127
Westmoreland, NY 13490
Phone: 315-853-1066

Greater Oneida Area League of Women Voters
Contact: Kathy Dorman
1021 Chapel Street
Oneida, NY 13421
E-mail: kdorma.DURH@oneida-durh.moric.org

League of Women Voters of the Utica/Rome Metropolitan Area
Contact: Lilian (Trudy) Cole Kennedy
P.O. Box 24
Washington Mills, NY 13479

Oneida County Environmental Management and Water Quality Council
Oneida County Planning Department
Boehlert Center at Union Station
321 Main Street
Utica, NY 13501-1229
Phone: 315-798-5710
E-mail: planning@co.oneida.ny.us

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Organizations in St. Lawrence County

Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), Laurentian Chapter
Contact: Tom Ortmeyer, Chapter Chair
15 Lawrence Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13676
Phone: 315-265-8219

Cancer Action
531 County Route 28
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Phone: 315-393-1975

Indian River Lakes Conservancy
Contact: Ed Robertson, President
P.O. Box 62
Redwood, NY 13679-0062
Phone: 386-649-4876
E-mail: IRLC1998@aol.com

St. Lawrence County Environmental Management Council
Contact: Jon Montan, Senior Staff, Planner 3
48 Court Street
Canton, NY 13617
Phone: 315-379-2281
FAX: 315-379-2252

NOTE: This database includes local organizations that advocate principles consistent with environmental justice, including pollution prevention, sustainability, resource conservation and environmental health. However, in some cases the listed organizations may not advocate on behalf of Potential Environmental Justice Areas, as defined by the DEC in NYSDEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting. Please contact the individual organizations for more information.

If you would like to have your organization added to or removed from this database, or you need to report any errors or omissions in contact information, please e-mail the Office of Environmental Justice at ej@gw.dec.state.ny.us

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