DEC forest rangers

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

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

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

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

Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of PeruClinton CountyWilderness Rescue: On the morning of Sept. 13, Ray Brook dispatch received a report of three stranded paddlers on Valcour Island on Lake Champlain. The three boaters spent an … [Read more...] about Paddlers stuck on Valcour Island

Recent Forest Ranger actions: Town of ColtonSt. Lawrence CountyWilderness Rescue: On Aug. 26 at 1:20 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a man reporting that his 73-year-old wife had fallen and injured her hip near the Lows … [Read more...] about Rangers assist injured, from age 13 to 78