Recent DEC Forest Ranger actions: Village of Saranac Lake - HarrietstownFranklin CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 15 at 1:12 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a report of an overturned canoe in the Second Pond boat area on Lower Saranac … [Read more...] about Lost hikers in Hamilton County
Search and Rescue
Rescues include overturned kayak; injury on Coney
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 5 at 7:45 p.m., Essex County 911 transferred a call to DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch reporting two hikers lost off the Street and Nye Mountains Trail in … [Read more...] about Rescues include overturned kayak; injury on Coney
Injured hikers at MacIntyre Falls, Phelps, Cranberry Lake
Recent DEC Forest Ranger Actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 1 at 5:42 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a 65-year-old hiker from Long Meadow, Massachusetts, reporting he had injured his ankle … [Read more...] about Injured hikers at MacIntyre Falls, Phelps, Cranberry Lake
Multiple backcountry injuries in both high, low peaks
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of St. ArmandEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Sept. 22 at 12:10 p.m., Franklin County 911 transferred a call to DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch reporting an injured 64-year-old hiker from Dyer, Indiana, on … [Read more...] about Multiple backcountry injuries in both high, low peaks
A busy weekend for forest rangers
By Gwendolyn Craig It was a busy weekend for forest rangers in the Adirondack Park. There was a death investigation, search and rescue operations and illegal campers. The weekend wrapped up with the death of a hiker on Hadley Mountain on Sunday … [Read more...] about A busy weekend for forest rangers
Rangers aid injured, lost hikers
Recent DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of PiercefieldSt. Lawrence CountyWilderness Rescue: On Sept. 17 at 10:25 a.m., DEC's Central Dispatch received a call from a relative of two campers on the Bog River after one of the campers injured … [Read more...] about Rangers aid injured, lost hikers
