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 Stamford, Delaware County
Wilderness Search: On June 5 at 2:50 p.m., Delaware County 911 requested Forest Ranger assistance with the search for a missing three-year-old who had run into a wooded area approximately an hour earlier.
Five Rangers worked with DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement, Roxbury and Stamford Fire Departments, New York State Police, and the Delaware County Sherriff’s office. At 4:10 p.m., volunteers located the child approximately one mile from the point they were last seen. The child was evaluated by EMS and determined to be in good health.
Town of Wilmington, Essex County
Water Rescue: On June 6 at 5 p.m., Essex County 911 contacted Ray Brook Dispatch about an angler who had fallen approximately 20 feet down an embankment into the Ausable River at the base of Whiteface Mountain between the gondola and the pump house.
Forest Ranger Adams used an inflatable kayak to reach the subject with help from members of the Wilmington Fire Department on the bank of the river. They used the kayak to transport the 61-year-old from Virginia to the other side of the river.
Rangers DuChene and Praczkajlo helped extricate the subject, who had suffered a broken leg, to a waiting ambulance. Resources were clear at 6:03 p.m.
Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County
Wilderness Search: On June 7 at 7:35 p.m., staff at the Northern Frontier Camp requested Forest Ranger assistance in locating a 72-year-old in the area of OK Slip Falls who had last been seen at 3 p.m. When Rangers Miller and Scott arrived, counselors advised they located the subject on a trail near the Hudson River. Rangers hiked to the location and assisted the subject back to camp. Resources were clear at 11 p.m.
Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County
Wilderness Search: On June 8 at 6:19 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call about a subject who walked in toward the Clear Pond trail in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness and did not come out. The caller indicated the 76-year-old suffers from dementia. Forest Rangers, an Environmental Conservation Police Officer, and New York State Police responded to the search.
At 7:18 p.m., Ranger Snye located the subject approximately 400 yards from John’s Pond. Ranger Snye assisted the subject to the trailhead. Indian Lake Rescue transported them to Glens Falls Hospital. Resources were clear at 9:36 p.m.
Photo of Ausable River angler rescue provided by DEC.
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