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Recent Forest Ranger Actions Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On May 27 at 10:45 a.m., DEC’s Central Office Dispatch received a call requesting assistance for an injured hiker in the High Peaks. The 26-year-old woman from Waterville had suffered an ankle injury near the Phelps Junction trail, approximately one mile from Marcy Dam. Forest Rangers…
Recent Forest Ranger Actions AdirondacksMultiple CountiesPatrols for Public Safety and Increased Visitors: Memorial Day Holiday Weekend brought an influx of visitors to the Adirondacks. In anticipation of this increase, Forest Rangers worked with members of DEC’s Division of Lands and Forests, Division of Law Enforcement, and Public Outreach, as well as NYSP, local officials, and representatives…
The following are forest ranger highlights provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation on May 19.
By Mike Lynch
The following are forest ranger highlighted provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation on May 12.
By Mike Lynch
The following is a compilation of recent forest ranger actions. The information was provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Recent Forest Ranger Actions From the Department of Environmental Conservation: Town of DresdenWashington CountyWilderness Rescue: On April 11 at 7:35 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker reporting his brother was overdue returning from Black Mountain. The caller stated that they last saw the 15-year-old male from Hudson Falls on the summit…
Recent Forest Ranger Actions From the Department of Environmental Conservation: Town of Indian LakeHamilton CountyWilderness Rescue: On April 4 at 6:20 p.m., Hamilton County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a family of hikers from Johnstown took the wrong trail while visiting Rock Lake in the Blue Mountain Wild Forest area. Dispatch…
An Adirondack Park forest ranger has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks at hospital partnerships between upstate and downstate.
By Mike Lynch
Forest rangers located the missing Mount Marcy hiker Saturday, a 46-year-old Greenwich woman.
For the first time in all of their hikes, Renaud slipped and fell. Rangers would soon be en route to where she lay near the summit of Mount Marshall.