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Conservancy Responds to Timber Theft on Protected Property

September 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Delaware Highlands Conservancy trail markerAs a nationally accredited land trust, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s primary responsibility is to ensure that the terms of its conservation easements, set forth to permanently protect each property’s unique conservation values, are being upheld. [Read more…] about Conservancy Responds to Timber Theft on Protected Property

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: Catskills, Crime and Justice, Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Easements, Logging, oaks, Sullivan County

Rangers Recover Body, Rescue Injured, Lost Hikers

September 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Snowy Mountain rescue in September 2023New 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 Rangers Recover Body, Rescue Injured, Lost Hikers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Arietta, Catskills, Chesterfield, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hunter, Hunter-West Kill Wilderness, Indian Lake, Northville-Placid Trail, Search and Rescue, Snowy Mountain, Wilmington

Rangers Find Gun, Weed; Rescue Unprepared, Injured, Ill Hikers & More

September 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Forest Rangers Sprague and Streczywilk with marijuana plants on Hill Higher State Forest in the summer of 2023New 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 Rangers Find Gun, Weed; Rescue Unprepared, Injured, Ill Hikers & More

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Bangor, Boquet River, Catskills, Chautauqua County, Elizabethtown, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Fort Ann, Franklin County, Harmony, Harrietstown, Hill Higher State Forest, Lake Colby, Lake George Wild Forest, Shandaken, Sleeping Beauty, Slide Mountain Wilderness Area, Split Rock Falls, Ulster County, Washington County

1969: A Catskills Convention Center Never Built

September 8, 2023 by John Conway Leave a Comment

State Senator Warren M Anderson in Sullivan County for a groundbreaking of a convention center that was never builtIt was late August of 1968, and the people of Sullivan County, NY were all abuzz about the latest development in a long list of attempts to save their sagging economy.

The county’s Golden Age of Catskills tourism had ended three years before, and although no one likely realized yet how bad things would get before they got better, county officials and resort owners were trying desperately to right the sinking ship. True to form, however, all efforts to do so had been continually thwarted by a difference of opinion as to what course to follow. [Read more…] about 1969: A Catskills Convention Center Never Built

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Catskills, Cochecton, Economic Development, Monticello, Political History, Rockland, Sullivan County, Tourism, Warren Anderson

DEC Releases New Forest Preserve Work Policy

September 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Class II Community Connector Snowmobile Trail courtesy ProtectNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has finalized DEC’s Commissioner Policy 78 (CP-78), the Forest Preserve Work Plan Policy. This policy is expected to serve as a guide for newly proposed projects and the evaluation of their site-specific impacts to the environment and character of the New York State Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about DEC Releases New Forest Preserve Work Policy

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, Article 14, camping, Catskills, DEC, development, Forest Preserve, hiking, Legal History, Protect the Adirondacks, snowmobiling, trails

Forest Rangers Find Fugitive, Recover Body, Make Helicopter Rescue & More

August 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Wittenberg Mountain Rescue in August 2023New 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 Find Fugitive, Recover Body, Make Helicopter Rescue & More

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Arietta, Catskills, Chubb Lake, Crime and Justice, Dix Mountain, Dix Range, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, Hamilton County, Lake Placid, Middlefield, North Elba, North Hudson, Otsego County, Search and Rescue, Shandaken, Ulster County, Wittenberg Mountain, Woodland Valley Campground

Sullivan County, NY Property Permanently Protected

August 25, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kohler Property - Delaware Highlands Conservancy (1)The Delaware Highlands Conservancy has announced hat 49 acres located in Eldred, in the Town of Highland, Sullivan County, New York are now permanently protected with a conservation easement held by the Conservancy. [Read more…] about Sullivan County, NY Property Permanently Protected

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature Tagged With: Catskills, Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Delaware River, Easements, Hickok Brook Multiple Use Area, Highland, Sullivan County

Catskills’ Brickman Hotel Story Told in New Book

August 23, 2023 by John Conway Leave a Comment

My View of the MountainsShortly after emigrating from Russia in 1908, Abraham and Molly Brickman fled the overcrowded tenements of New York City and purchased land in the Catskills just outside South Fallsburg, in Sullivan County, NY. [Read more…] about Catskills’ Brickman Hotel Story Told in New Book

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Catskills, Fallsburg, Jewish History, Sullivan County

Forest Rangers Have Busy Week Making Rescues Around New York State

August 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Potash Mountain rescue in August 2023New 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 Have Busy Week Making Rescues Around New York State

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Algonquin Peak, Bald Mountain, Caroga, Catskills, Dix Range, Elizabethtown, Essex County, Fulton County, Greene County, Herkimer COunty, High Peaks, Hunter, Kaaterskill Creek, Lake Luzerne, Lexington, Minnewaska State Park, North Elba, North Hudson, Rusk Mountain Wild Forest, Shawangunk Ridge, Town of Webb, Ulster County, Warren County, Warwarsing

Man Claims “Being Hunted” by Catskills Hiking Partner

August 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The Most Dangerous Game film still (1932)Early Monday morning on August 21, at about 2:45 am, New York State Forest Ranger Martin received a call from Ray Brook Dispatch about an injured subject on Mount Tremper. The peak is located near the hamlet of Phoenicia, in the valley of Esopus Creek in the town of Shandaken in the Catskills in Ulster County, NY. [Read more…] about Man Claims “Being Hunted” by Catskills Hiking Partner

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Catskills, Crime and Justice, Esopus River, Forest Ranger Reports, Mount Tremper, Search and Rescue, Shandaken, Ulster County

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