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Hiker, 61, with injured ankle airlifted off of Adirondack High Peak with helicopter: DEC Forest Ranger rescues Updated 11:36 AM; Today 11:34 AM A female hiker with an ankle injury was hoisted out of her situation with a State Police helicopter off of Blake Mountain. Facebook Share State Forest Rangers came to the assistance of several injured and lost hikers this past week – arranging for one individual to be hoisted out of her situation with the help of a State Police helicopter. The incidents below took place between April 7-18. All information below was supplied by the state Department...

Helping lost, injured hikers; fighting wildfires: DEC Forest Rangers to the rescue Updated 2:41 PM; State Forest Rangers have been busy lately rescuing lost and injured hikers, along with fighting wild fires and doing prescribed burns. The following incidents occurred between April 5-10. All information below was supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Town of Pleasant Valley Dutchess County Wilderness Rescue: “On April 5 at 11:30 a.m., DEC’s Central Dispatch received a call from Dutchess County 911 about a 64-year-old woman from Pleasant Valley with a lower leg i...

Outdoornews April 1, 2021 (Westchester County) On March 11, ECOs Tompkins, Thibodeau, and Franz conducted a plainclothes fishing detail focused on anglers taking out-of-season striped bass. The officers patrolled George’s Island Park in the town of Cortlandt and Croton Landing Park in the village of Croton-on-Hudson. During the detail, the ECOs observed several anglers taking and keeping out-of-season fish. The ECOs issued 10 citations for violations including possessing out-of-season fish and fishing without a valid license. The officers seized 42 striped bass from violators and recovered ...

Anglers stuck on floating sheet of ice, snowmobiler hits power pole: DEC Forest Ranger rescues Updated Mar 16, 2021; State Forest Rangers came to the rescue recently of two ice fishermen caught on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain and a snowmobiler who ran into a power pole. Those two incidents and others involving state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers took place between March 14. All information below was supplied by the DEC. Town of Plattsburgh, Clinton County Wilderness Rescue: “On March 1 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger assistance was requested by two DEC Environm...

Injured snowmobiler, lost hiker, ice climber with leg injury: DEC Forest Ranger rescues Updated Feb 03, 2021; State Forest Rangers recently helped rescue a woman involved in a snowmobile crash, located a lost hiker and rescued an ice climber with a leg injury. The following incidents took place between December and late January. All information below was supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Village of Speculator (Lake Pleasant) Hamilton County Wilderness Rescue: “On Jan. 30 at 2:35 p.m., a Forest Ranger received a call from Hamilton County 911 reporting a snowmob...