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Forest Rangers Kept Busy With Multiple Adirondack, Catskills Rescues

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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 Kept Busy With Multiple Adirondack, Catskills Rescues

Rangers Rescue Unprepared Climber at Colden Trap Dike

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climber rescue from Mount Colden Trap Dike slide in May 2023On May 29 at 5:30 pm, Ray Brook Dispatch requested New York State Forest Ranger assistance with a solo free climber stranded on the Trap Dike slide on 4,715-foot Mount Colden in the Adirondack High Peaks in the town of Keene, Essex County. [Read more…] about Rangers Rescue Unprepared Climber at Colden Trap Dike

Rangers Make 16-Hour Adirondack Rescue in Deep Snow

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Phelps Trail Rescue in late May 2023On Saturday, May 20 at about 8:00 pm, an emergency beacon was activated by a hiking party of three on the Phelps Trail, east of Little Marcy Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness in the ton of Keene, Essex County, NY. Forest Rangers Foutch and Mecus started hiking in to find the subjects. [Read more…] about Rangers Make 16-Hour Adirondack Rescue in Deep Snow

3-Year-Old Lost in Adirondacks Located; Angler Rescued From Icy Waters; Rescues in Ulster, Greene Schoharie Counties

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Forest Ranger Rusher with injured hiker on Plateau Mountain in May 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 3-Year-Old Lost in Adirondacks Located; Angler Rescued From Icy Waters; Rescues in Ulster, Greene Schoharie Counties

Rangers Recover Body, Make Rescues In Adirondacks, Prospect Mtn & Catskills

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Potsdam drowning victim recovery in May 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, Make Rescues In Adirondacks, Prospect Mtn & Catskills

Forest Rangers Encounter Several Unprepared Adirondack High Peaks Hikers

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forest ranger logoOn April 29, while on patrol in the Adirondack High Peaks in the town of North Elba, Essex County, Forest Ranger Martin encountered a group of four unprepared hikers from Pennsylvania. The hikers arrived at different times at the Lake Colden Outpost between 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., and only one of the group had a headlamp. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Encounter Several Unprepared Adirondack High Peaks Hikers

Hikers Rescued From Adirondack High Peaks After Navigation App Fails

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forest ranger logoOn Saturday, April 22 at about 6:50 pm, Ray Brook dispatch received a call from two hikers in their 20s near the summit of Mount Marshall in the Adirondack High Peaks in Newcomb, Essex County, NY.  The hikers were concerned they couldn’t make it back to the trailhead. [Read more…] about Hikers Rescued From Adirondack High Peaks After Navigation App Fails

Fallen Rock Climber Rescued In The Adirondacks; Unprepared Hikers Located

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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 Fallen Rock Climber Rescued In The Adirondacks; Unprepared Hikers Located

Forest Rangers Recover Body of Missing Man in the Catskills

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Forestburgh search and recovery April 2023On March 31th, five New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers responded to a request for assistance in the search for a subject who went missing after off-roading with a friend on March 29th in the Catskills town of Forestburgh, Sullivan County.  The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Department and New York State Police (NYSP) K9 units were also on scene. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Recover Body of Missing Man in the Catskills

Bodies Recovered, Others Rescued From Icy Upstate Waters

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Swift water rescue in North Elba on April 1 2023Upstate New York first responders and water rescue crews spent a busy Saturday on April 1st as thin ice and frigid and swollen waters led to several incidents in which two people were drowned and six more and a dog were rescued. [Read more…] about Bodies Recovered, Others Rescued From Icy Upstate Waters