Mt. Marcy rescue: Hiker with hip injury carried down snowy trail by Forest Rangers and others at night
Updated May 18, 2021;
State Forest Rangers in recent weeks were kept busy rescuing injured or lost hikers, along with fighting wildfires and doing prescribed burns.
In one instance, a woman who suffered a hip injury after slipping on ice on top of Mt. Marcy in the Adirondacks had to be carried down the mountain trail in a litter during the night. The trail had two to three feet of snow and ice in some places. One of the rescuers exhibited possible cardiac symptoms and also had to be “closely monitored.”
Wildfires, saving injured hiker, finding lost child: Latest DEC Forest Ranger action
Updated 3:06 PM;
State Forest Rangers have kept busy recently dealing with wild flowers, rescuing an injured hiker and finding a lost child.
The following incidents took place between April 19-24. All information below was supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Town of Lysander. Onondaga County
Illegal Fires: “On April 19 at 6:30 p.m., a Forest Ranger received a call from Onondaga County 911 Dispatch about a woman setting fires in several parking lots at the Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The Phoenix Fire Department responded and extinguished the fires. Ranger Chappell and Ranger Lieutenant Jackson also responded to the site to conduct a preliminary investigation and found the remnants of bonfires in the parking lots. the Ranger interviewed witnesses and identified a possible subject. The following day, the Ranger , along with an Environmental C
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