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Interim DEC Commissioner Sean Mahar speaking to New York State Forest Ranger Recruits during their Swearing In Ceremony on June 7 at the SUNY ESF Ranger School in Wanakena. Nine recruits, including two ESF Ranger School graduates, will receive training in wildfire management, various rescue scenarios, fighting wildland fires, and backcountry survival.

Interim DEC commissioner celebrates forest ranger recruits’ swearing-in

By Tom French

Sean Mahar addresses future forest rangers at Wanakena ceremony

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