NYS Forest Rangers recovered the bodies of a 45-year-old hiker in the Giant Mountain Wilderness and a 60-year-old found in the water under the bridge at Ausable Chasm, in addition to responding to a wildfire in Long Lake and several other lost and injured Adirondack hikers. Three incidents occurred on a single day. [Read more…] about Rangers Recover Bodies at AuSable Chasm, Giant Mountain; Fight Fire & More
Jay Mountain Wilderness
Adirondack Park Agency Requires Hearing for Proposed Heavy Weapons Firing Range
In a first since 2007, the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Board is requiring an adjudicatory hearing for a proposed project to be sited on private lands within the Adirondack Park. The Board vote was unanimous. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Agency Requires Hearing for Proposed Heavy Weapons Firing Range
Rangers Make Numerous Rescues Over Holiday Weekend
New 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 and engage in policing on New York State Lands.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Make Numerous Rescues Over Holiday Weekend
Advocates Call for End of Mining Exploration in Jay Mountain Wilderness
The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is encouraging first passage of an amendment to Article XIV of the NYS Constitution that would sunset or limit the time when NYCO Minerals can continue to explore for minerals on 200 acres of the Jay Mountain Wilderness area in the town of Lewis, Essex County.
In 2013 New York voters narrowly passed an amendment to Article XIV allowing NYCO Minerals to sample for the mineral wollastonite on a 200-acre portion of state-owned Forest Preserve lands known as “Lot 8” in the Jay Mountain Wilderness Area. [Read more…] about Advocates Call for End of Mining Exploration in Jay Mountain Wilderness
Muddy Trail Advisory Issued for Adirondacks
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has urged hikers to postpone hikes on Adirondack trails above 2,500 feet until high elevation trails have dried and hardened.
DEC advises hikers on how to reduce negative impacts on all trails and help protect the natural resources throughout the Adirondacks during this time. [Read more…] about Muddy Trail Advisory Issued for Adirondacks