Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of SpeculatorHamilton CountyWilderness Search: On Sept. 8 at 4:37 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a call reporting a 24-year-old despondent man from New Jersey heading to the Siamese Pond … [Read more...] about Air rescue from Crane Mountain
Search and Rescue
Rangers find overdue Giant Mountain hiker
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Aug. 30 at 11:52 a.m., Forest Rangers Evans and Lewis responded to a dropped 911 call reporting a 60-year-old man from Missouri had suffered a knee … [Read more...] about Rangers find overdue Giant Mountain hiker
Rangers assist exhausted hikers on Cascade, Marcy trail
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of KeeneEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Aug. 24 at 12:20 p.m., Forest Ranger Black responded to a report of a 70-year-old woman from New York City suffering from exhaustion on the trail to Cascade … [Read more...] about Rangers assist exhausted hikers on Cascade, Marcy trail
Rangers assist in Black River flooding, and help hikers
Town of WilmingtonEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Aug. 18 at 7:26 p.m., Essex County 911 transferred a call to DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch from a woman reporting her 58-year-old husband had fallen, striking his head on the Flume Trail in the … [Read more...] about Rangers assist in Black River flooding, and help hikers
Two air rescues on Crane, Slide mountains
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of ElizabethtownEssex CountyCampground Enforcement: On Aug. 9 at 4:15 a.m., DEC's Central Dispatch received a call from the caretaker at Lincoln Pond Campground requesting Forest Ranger assistance to … [Read more...] about Two air rescues on Crane, Slide mountains
Rangers stay busy rescuing Marcy hiker and others
The following are recent search-and-rescue highlights provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Town of NewcombEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Aug. 2 at 3 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received notification from the … [Read more...] about Rangers stay busy rescuing Marcy hiker and others