Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of KeeneEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 6 at 10:11 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker who reporter another hiker with an ankle injury on Giant Mountain in the Giant … [Read more...] about Rangers aid stranded boaters on Stillwater Reservoir
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Hikers get lost on Sleeping Beauty, Nicks Lake trail
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger Actions: Town of Fort AnnWashington CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 1 at 6:53 p.m., DEC's Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance from two hikers who became disoriented while hiking Sleeping Beauty … [Read more...] about Hikers get lost on Sleeping Beauty, Nicks Lake trail
Injured hikers at Indian Head, Algonquin, Lake Luzerne, Auger Falls
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of KeeneEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: While hiking on her day off on Sept. 20, Forest Ranger Temple encountered a hiker from Florida who sustained a lower leg injury near the summit of Indian Head on the … [Read more...] about Injured hikers at Indian Head, Algonquin, Lake Luzerne, Auger Falls
Air rescue from Crane Mountain
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
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