New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State locating and extracting lost, injured or distressed people and policing state lands.
This report of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers was prepared by DEC:
Town of Santa Clara, Franklin County
Wilderness Rescue: On Jan. 16 at 3:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch transferred a call to Forest Ranger Balerno from two lost skiers. The two 75-year-olds from Saranac Lake were lost near Little Clear Pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area.
Rangers Balerno and O’Connor reached the skiers at 5:30 p.m. and assisted them back to their vehicle in the Station Street parking area. Resources were clear at 6:32 p.m.
Town of Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County
Snowmobile Crash: On Jan. 19 at 1:30 a.m., Forest Rangers Caswell and Hamm responded to a report of a snowmobile accident near Sacandaga Lake off of Fawn Lake Road. The 21-year-old from Piseco had left his group to head home and crashed into a vacant building.
The subject’s father used cell phone coordinates to locate his overdue son and called 911. Rangers worked with the Lake Pleasant Fire Department to bring the subject to a Speculator ambulance, which transported the snowmobiler to the hospital. Resources were clear at 2:30 a.m.
Read about past Forest Ranger missions here.
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