DEC Forest Rangers -- Week in Review - NYSDEC
Dec 17, 2024 · In 2023, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 370 search and rescue missions, extinguished 146 wildfires covering nearly 1,400 acres, participated in 52 prescribed fires that …
DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - NYSDEC
Jan 8, 2025 · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local …
DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review - NYSDEC
Dec 10, 2024 · Forest Rangers led search efforts, with 59 Forest Rangers searching nearly 400 miles, primarily by foot, of rugged mountain terrain deep in harsh winter weather conditions. …
Forest rangers faced challenges in 2024 - Adirondack Explorer
Dec 30, 2024 · Rangers also lost one of their most experienced and dedicated colleagues, Robbi Mecus, who died in April. The 52-year-old forest ranger, who patrolled the Adirondacks for 24 …
Rangers rescue Long Island hiker unprepared for wintry hike up ...
Dec 5, 2024 · On the evening of Nov. 23, a ranger on foot patrol got word of a hiker from Connecticut who was struggling to descend Phelps Mountain due to a knee injury. Others in …
Missing hiker: What we know so far, as search enters 5th day ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Forest rangers and State Police waded into deep snow on the nearly week-long search for a 22-year-old hiker from Canada who was reported missing by his father at 2:30 …
Rangers rescue goose 10,000 feet up a California mountain
3 days ago · Rangers rescue goose 10,000 feet up a California mountain By Ben Hooper U.S. Forest Service rangers came to the rescue of a goose found at an elevation of 10,000 feet on …
Search for Canadian hiker shifts to recovery - Adirondack Explorer
Since Dec. 1, 59 forest rangers have searched nearly 400 miles by foot. State police used two helicopters to transport crews, drop off supplies and conduct aerial searches as weather …
Rangers: Stranded goose saved on Mount Shasta California | San …
2 days ago · Rangers Nick Meyers and Eric Falconer found the goose about 10,000 feet high on the mountain in December, the U.S. Forest Service said in a Jan. 12 news release.
After 8 days, search for Quebec man missing in ADK high peaks …
Dec 9, 2024 · On Dec. 1, forest rangers began searching for DuFour when he didn’t return from a hike up Allen Mountain, in the Adirondack high peaks.