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Comments Sought on Herkimer County’s Three Lakes Easement

June 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on a draft recreation management plan (RMP) for the Three Lakes Tract Conservation Easement in the town of Webb, Herkimer County.

The 3,350-acre Three Lakes Tract (TLT) is comprised of commercially managed forestland and is named for three waterbodies located on the property-Hitchcock, Grass, and Moose ponds. The RMP will address public recreational access and facilities consistent with the conservation easement. The public comment period is open until July 1st, 2022. [Read more…] about Comments Sought on Herkimer County’s Three Lakes Easement

Comments On Increasing Adirondack Park Road, Snowmobile Trail Mileage Sought

May 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

The Adirondack Park Agency Board, at its May 2022 meeting, authorized a 60-day public comment period to solicit comments to help inform the Board’s interpretation of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan’s “Wild Forest Basic Guideline No. 4” which calls for no material increase of road mileage on lands classified as Wild Forest.

The APA’s interpretation of Basic Guideline No. 4 could establish a new baseline for road mileage on Wild Forest classified lands. [Read more…] about Comments On Increasing Adirondack Park Road, Snowmobile Trail Mileage Sought

Forest Rangers Recover Bodies, Respond to Snowmobile Accident, Wild Fire, Illegal Off-Roaders

March 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

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 Recover Bodies, Respond to Snowmobile Accident, Wild Fire, Illegal Off-Roaders

Adirondack Rail Trail Design & Construction Starting

March 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Transportation (DOT), in cooperation with the Office of General Services (OGS), have announced the completion of the transfer of jurisdiction for a 34-mile segment of the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor. [Read more…] about Adirondack Rail Trail Design & Construction Starting

Forest Rangers Make Long Lake, Cattaraugus County Rescues

March 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Make Long Lake, Cattaraugus County Rescues

Snowy Mtn Skier Rescued; ATV, Snowmobile Accidents; Flood Response

March 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Snowy Mtn Skier Rescued; ATV, Snowmobile Accidents; Flood Response

Rangers Respond to Snowmobile Water Rescue, Accidents, Death

February 15, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Respond to Snowmobile Water Rescue, Accidents, Death

16-Year-Old Killed in Snowmobile Crash

February 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

On February 4, 2022, at about 7:43 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a snowmobile crash with injuries on Goff Road in the town of Westport, Essex County, NY.

The preliminary investigation determined that a snowmobile being operated by Randy M. Dezalia, 37, of Elizabethtown, was traveling north on Goff Road when the snowmobile ski got caught in a snow bank and he lost control. The snowmobile traveled over the embankment and overturned. Both Dezalia and a passenger, Beckham A. Egglefield, 16, of Elizabethtown, were thrown from the snowmobile. [Read more…] about 16-Year-Old Killed in Snowmobile Crash

Forest Rangers Report: Fulton Co Rescue, Snowmobile Accident, Wildfire

February 4, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Report: Fulton Co Rescue, Snowmobile Accident, Wildfire

A History of Snowmobile Racing in New York State

January 20, 2022 by John Warren 2 Comments

In the motor toboggan era – the time before the advent of the modern snowmobiles we know today – motor sleds had been too slow for racing excitement. As a result they remained strictly utilitarian vehicles racing only occasionally for promotional purposes. Motor toboggan and later snowmobile maker Polaris traveled each year at the end of the 1950s to trapper festivals at The Pas, Manitoba where they helped organize ad hoc races.

“We tried to rig them a little bit so we had a zig-zag effect,” David Johnson said, remembering one of the first informal races, “one guy ahead, and then the other, and so on, at a terrific speed of about 20 miles per hour.” In February 1959, Johnson won the first organized men’s race on an oval at The Pas and in 1960, the first cross-country race was held there. [Read more…] about A History of Snowmobile Racing in New York State