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By Phil Brown
New York State forest rangers rescued a number of hikers who became lost or got injured in recent days. The following news release from the Department of Environmental Conservation details ranger missions from July 16 to July 22. Town of North Elba Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On July 17 at 7:22 a.m., DEC’s Ray Brook…
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comment on Volume 1 of the Generic Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan (TCUMP) for State Highway Travel Corridors in the Adirondack Park. The generic plan outlines park-wide goals, strategies, objectives, policies, guidelines and best management practices to enable the development of route-specific corridor plans.…
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comment for a proposed amendment to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex Intensive Use Area Unit Management Plan. The APA will accept public comments until July 27, 2018 regarding Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance for the proposed management actions. Proposed management actions include: Ski trails…
A six-foot-long Red-Tailed boa constrictor falls on sleeping man in Oswego County. Read all the DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officers highlights for late June below: “You Can’t Put That There” – Sullivan County On June 28, ECO Tom Koepf received a call from the Town of Bethel Code Enforcement Office regarding a local religious camp…
Keene Valley, NY – The Mountaineer, an iconic local outfitter, recently partnered with Patagonia to support educational and research efforts this summer atop the highest peaks through a grant to the Adirondack High Peaks Summit Stewardship Program. The grant will enable the program to educate hikers about the fragile nature of the alpine vegetation and…
By Phil Brown
Forest rangers and state police have ended their search for a Bangor man who has been missing since early July. State and local officials had concentrated the search in the Paul Smiths area where is car was found. The following Department of Environmental Conservation news release contains details of the search and other recent missions…
RAY BROOK, NY – At the July 2018 Agency meeting, Chairman Sherman Craig announced his retirement from the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Board. Chairman Craig’s distinguished term marked the first appointment of an APA Board Member from St. Lawrence County. Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Mr. Craig to the Board in November 2011 and selected him…
Fire Tower and Trail to Mountain Summit Now Again Open to Public Supports Governor Cuomo’s Adventure NY Initiative to Connect New Yorkers with Nature The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that repairs to the Wakely Mountain Fire Tower are complete. The public can once again hike to the summit of…
Below is the DEC Forest Ranger highlights for late-June including, a lost mountain biker found and reunited with family, and Wildland fire extinguished in Washington County. Town of Wilmington Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On June 25 at 5:32 p.m., a call came in to DEC Ray Brook Dispatch from Essex County 911 reporting a 65-year-old woman…
The state Department of Environmental Conservation says a contractor illegally killed a timber rattlesnake, a threatened species in New York State. The snake’s head and tail were cut off. In another incident, environmental conservation officers investigated the death of a moose in the town of Webb. Following is the latest ECO report: DEC Investigator Named…