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Forest Rangers Recover Body; Find Hiker Lost Overnight; Rescue Injured Hikers

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Ranger O'Connor with hoist subjectNew 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 Recover Body; Find Hiker Lost Overnight; Rescue Injured Hikers

The Northwestern Adirondacks’ Grass River Complex & Lampson Falls

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view of Lampson Falls (DEC Photo)The Grass River Complex is located in the northwestern Adirondacks in the towns of Clare, Clifton, Colton and Fine in St. Lawrence County, and includes more than 125,000 acres of Adirondack Forest Preserve and Conservation Easement Lands. The complex is comprised of: [Read more…] about The Northwestern Adirondacks’ Grass River Complex & Lampson Falls

Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan Comments Sought

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Adirondack Foothills UMPThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on the draft Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan (UMP). The draft UMP includes six State forests — Hogsback, Popple Pond, Woodhull, Punkeyville, Black Creek, and Hinckley — as well as 24 separate parcels of detached Forest Preserve in Oneida and Herkimer counties and will guide management of these properties over the next 10 years. [Read more…] about Adirondack Foothills Unit Management Plan Comments Sought

Man Dies in ATV Crash in Upstate New York

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ATV crash in Redfield in July 2023On Sunday, July 2 at 5 pm, a New York State Forest Ranger, Environmental Conservation Officer, New York State Police, Oswego County Sheriff’s Office, and Redfield Fire and Rescue responded to an ATV crash on Little John Drive near Blount Mills Drive in the town of Redfield, Oswego County.

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Adirondack Bills Advance in Legislative Session

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New York State CapitolAdirondack Park advocates are celebrating passage of three bills that would protect birds and bees from pesticides, protect native aquatic plants from invasive species, and deal with a violation of the New York State Constitution’s “forever wild” clause. [Read more…] about Adirondack Bills Advance in Legislative Session

ATV Minimum Age Bill Passes Both Houses

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child atv riderOn Thursday, June 1st, the NYS Senate announced that it had granted final passage to bill S.2702/A.150 which would amend the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law to increase the minimum age for operating an all-terrain vehicle without adult supervision to 14 years of age. Current law allows children as young as 10 to operate an ATV alone. [Read more…] about ATV Minimum Age Bill Passes Both Houses

ATV Goes Through Lake Ice; Man Dies In Snowmobile Crash

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ATV through the ice on Waneta LakeOn December 20th, Retired Forest Ranger Lieutenant Morse reported an ATV broke through the ice on Waneta Lake in Willowemoc Wild Forest in the Catskills town of Rockland, Sullivan County. Ranger Stratton responded and issued tickets to the two subjects from Pennsylvania for unauthorized motor vehicle use on state land. A tow company removed the ATV from the lake.

Two days later, on December 22, 2022, at around 3:12 am, State Police responded to a report of a snowmobile crash with injuries on a snowmobile trail off the Wallace Road in the town of Louisville. Louisville is located along the St. Lawrence River, on the northern border of St. Lawrence County west of Massena. [Read more…] about ATV Goes Through Lake Ice; Man Dies In Snowmobile Crash

Man’s Body Located After His ATV Found Rolled Over Into Stream

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Michael IngersollOn Friday, December 9 at 3:19 pm, New York State Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) Tabor notified the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ray Brook Dispatch office that Oneida County requested Forest Ranger assistance with the search for 55-year-old Michael R. Ingersoll, who had left home on an ATV (all terrain vehicle) at about 7:30 pm on Thursday, December 8th. [Read more…] about Man’s Body Located After His ATV Found Rolled Over Into Stream

ATV Drivers Caught Riding on Forest Preserve Land

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forest ranger logoAccording to a press release issued by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, on December 1, 2022 Forest Ranger Praczkajlo said he followed ATV (all terrain vehicle) tracks in the town of Franklin in Franklin County and determined the operators were riding their ATVs illegally on Forest Preserve land in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about ATV Drivers Caught Riding on Forest Preserve Land