The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Board rendered an important Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) interpretation at its May 11th, 2023, board meeting regarding road mileage on Wild Forest classified lands in the Adirondack Park. The board declared a baseline for road mileage that existed on Wild Forest in 1972, and an increase in mileage that could be added which it said would be in compliance with the APSLMP. [Read more…] about Increase In Adirondack Park Roads Approved By Adirondack Park Agency
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Construction for the Adirondack Rail Trail Restarts
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Office of General Services (OGS) has announced the start of 2023 construction on the Adirondack Rail Trail between Station Street in Lake Placid and Broadway in Saranac Lake. This trail segment is now closed to all users during construction. [Read more…] about Construction for the Adirondack Rail Trail Restarts
APA Plans For More Roads, Snowmobile Trails In Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Park Agency Board, at its March 16th, 2023 meeting, authorized a 30-day public comment period to solicit input to help inform the Board’s interpretation of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan’s Wild Forest Basic Guideline No. 4.
The guideline sets the standard for how many miles of roads and snowmobile trails are allowed in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about APA Plans For More Roads, Snowmobile Trails In Adirondack Park
Lost Snowmobilers, Snowmobile Accident Keep Ranger Busy
On Friday, March 17 at about 1:25 pm, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ray Brook Dispatch requested Forest Ranger assistance in the search for a missing snowmobiler last seen the previous night in the Moose River Plains, in the Central Adirondacks in Hamilton County. [Read more…] about Lost Snowmobilers, Snowmobile Accident Keep Ranger Busy
Forest Rangers Make Rescues, Recover Bodies
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.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Make Rescues, Recover Bodies
Man’s Body Recovered After Falling Through Schroon Lake Ice
On Saturday, March 4 at 2:15 am, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers were requested for assistance with the search for a missing person suspected of falling through the ice while snowmobiling on Schroon Lake, in Essex County, NY, earlier in the evening.
Rangers responded in an airboat, but heavy snow and wind slowed the response. [Read more…] about Man’s Body Recovered After Falling Through Schroon Lake Ice
Rangers Kept Busy With Backcountry Rescues
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.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Kept Busy With Backcountry Rescues
Bodies Recovered After Fall Into Niagara Falls Gorge, Snowmobile Accident
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers recovered two bodies in separate incidents in Upstate New York on Monday, February 13th. In the first, a woman’s body was recovered from Niagara Falls Gorge.
Several hours later Rangers recovered the body of a snowmobilier killed when his sled hit a tree in the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Bodies Recovered After Fall Into Niagara Falls Gorge, Snowmobile Accident
Man Dies In North Country Snowmobile Accident
Around 3 pm on Monday, February 6, 2023, New York State Police responded to Corridor 7, snowmobile trail in the town of Franklin, at the southern end of Franklin County, for a snowmobile accident.
According to responding officers, 25-year-old Jacob P. Merrill of Redford, in the town of Saranac in Clinton County, NY, was operating a 2020 Yamaha snowmobile northeast on the snowmobile trail when he struck a telephone pole. [Read more…] about Man Dies In North Country Snowmobile Accident
Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident
According to New York State Forest Ranger Lee, on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm, he overheard radio traffic from Herkimer County 911 reporting a snowmobile accident on Stillwater Reservoir in the Town of Webb. Herkimer County 911 indicated there were two accidents and both victims were at the Stillwater Restaurant. [Read more…] about Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident