State spends millions in forest ranger overtime, lawmakers call for bigger force
September 3, 2024
Forest ranger overtime demands resulting from search and rescue missions come along with other issues confronting the DEC.
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DEC commissioner defends current ranger staffing
January 25, 2019
Scott van Laer, a ranger in the High Peaks Wilderness and a union representative, urged legislators to add staffing. There are 106 field rangers statewide and some supervisors, and 50 permanent rangers who patrol 2.6 million acres in the Adirondacks. That compares to 330 federal rangers who patrol the Yellowstone National Park’s 2.2 million acres, he said.
Rangers rescue campers and hikers
October 16, 2018
On Oct. 11 at 9:09 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance from two hikers, 25 and 26 years old from Buffalo, who became disoriented while descending the Great Range.