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Lake Colby

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

Wildfires Fought In Nine New York Counties Last Weekend

November 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Petersburgh fireFrom Friday, November 4th through Monday, November 7th, New York State Forest Rangers responded to at least nine wildland fires in nine different counties caused by campfires, debris burning, and power lines. [Read more…] about Wildfires Fought In Nine New York Counties Last Weekend

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Western NY Tagged With: Avoca, Broome County, Canadice, Cattaraugus County, Colchester, DEC, Delaware County, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Fires, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Franklin County, Harrietstown, Lake Colby, Lisle, Lysander, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Persia, Rensselaer County, Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, Stueben County, wildfires

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