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Unprepared Hiker Rescued From Ashokan High Point

March 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoOn Wednesday, March 22 at about 5:30 pm, Forest Ranger Franceschina responded to a call from a hiker on Ashokan High Point in the town of Olive, Ulster County, who was worried they would not return before dark. Ashokan High Point is a 3,061 feet summit in the Catskills. [Read more…] about Unprepared Hiker Rescued From Ashokan High Point

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Ashokan High Point, Catskills, Forest Ranger Reports, hiking, Olive, Search and Rescue, Ulster County

Two Ticketed For Illegally Harvesting Cattails

March 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Confiscated cattailsAfter observing the harvest of a large amount of cattails from the Lakeshore Marshes Wildlife Management Area in the town of Huron, Wayne County, NY, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger Raffaldi spent a significant amount of time patrolling the area. [Read more…] about Two Ticketed For Illegally Harvesting Cattails

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Huron, Lakeshore Marshes WMA, Native Plants, Wayne County, wetlands

Forest Rangers Recover Body From Ausable Chasm, Search for Homicide Evidence

March 29, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Ausable Chasm evidence search 2On Monday, March 20 at about 9:45 am New York State Police (NYSP) requested Forest Ranger assistance in an evidence search connected to a homicide investigation at Ausable Chasm in the town of Chesterfield, Essex County. When Rangers arrived, they were asked to recover the body of a homicide victim thrown more than 100 feet down the chasm. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Recover Body From Ausable Chasm, Search for Homicide Evidence

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Ausable Chasm, Ausable River, Chesterfield, Crime and Justice, DEC, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Search and Rescue, State Police

Army Base Being Renamed for Albany’s Henry Johnson

March 24, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Henry Johnson - "Our Colored Heroes," 1918 lithograph by EG Renesch of Chicago (courtesy Tennessee State Archives)Sergeant Henry Johnson, an African-American hero of the First World War from Albany, NY, will officially have Fort Polk in Louisiana renamed in his honor this June. The move comes after Congress authorized the Naming Commission to provide new names for U.S. military bases and other Department of Defense installations originally named after Confederate leaders and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) advocated for the change. [Read more…] about Army Base Being Renamed for Albany’s Henry Johnson

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Black History, Chuck Schumer, Civil War, French History, Henry Johnson, Military History, World War One

Lost Snowmobilers, Snowmobile Accident Keep Ranger Busy

March 21, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Snowmobile accident in Indian Lake in March 2023 (DEC photo)On Friday, March 17 at about 1:25 pm, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ray Brook Dispatch requested Forest Ranger assistance in the search for a missing snowmobiler last seen the previous night in the Moose River Plains, in the Central Adirondacks in Hamilton County. [Read more…] about Lost Snowmobilers, Snowmobile Accident Keep Ranger Busy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Recreation Tagged With: Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Greenwich, Hamilton County, Indian Lake, Inlet, Moose River Plains, Plattekill, Search and Rescue, snowmobiling, Ulster County, Washington County, Westport

Man’s Body Recovered After Fall From Cliff at Mohonk Preserve

March 21, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Searchers look for the body of a man from Brooklyn in the karst below a cliff at Mohonk Preserve in February 2023On Tuesday, March 14 at 11:30 pm New York State Police located the vehicle of a missing 45-year-old from Brooklyn in the Spring Farm parking lot of Mohonk Preserve in the town of Marbletown, Ulster County. [Read more…] about Man’s Body Recovered After Fall From Cliff at Mohonk Preserve

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Catskills, Forest Ranger Reports, hiking, Marbletown, Mohonk Preserve, Search and Rescue, Ulster County

Erratic Fisher Spurs Emergency Response

March 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

fisher provided by Adirondack Wildlife RefugeOn February 17th, Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Gross and Levanway responded to a call from a teller at the Lyons National Bank in Seneca Falls, Seneca County, NY, reporting a fisher running laps around the building. [Read more…] about Erratic Fisher Spurs Emergency Response

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: ECOs, fishers, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Wildlife

Men Arrested For Drinking, Driving and Hunting

March 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Dead deer stashed in trunk after late night poaching incident in town of LafayetteOn February 15, after a weeks-long investigation, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) charged two men in Onondaga County with more than a dozen violations related to a hunting incident and drunk driving arrest in January. [Read more…] about Men Arrested For Drinking, Driving and Hunting

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Crime and Justice, ECOs, hunting, Onondaga County, Town of Lafayette, whitetail deer

NYS Senate, Assembly Budget Plans Add Millions For Adirondack Priorities

March 15, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York State CapitolAdirondack Park advocates are applauding the NY Senate and Assembly one-house budget proposals, each of which proposed millions of additional dollars to Adirondack and environmental investments above current funding levels put forward in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent budget plan. [Read more…] about NYS Senate, Assembly Budget Plans Add Millions For Adirondack Priorities

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, clean water, diversity, Environmental Protection Fund, NYS Budget, politics

Forest Rangers Rescue Lake Placid Skier, Battle Putnam County Wildfire

March 15, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Rescue Lake Placid Skier, Battle Putnam County Wildfire

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Cross-Country Skiing, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Lake Placid, Putnam County, Southeast, wildfires

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