ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. In 2024, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 362 search and rescue missions, extinguished 122 wildfires covering nearly 6,500 acres, participated in 60 prescribed ...

AVALANCHE PASS — Multiple rock and mud slides that occurred on Monday, July 14 in and around Avalanche Pass have closed a popular High Peaks Wilderness hiking route until further notice. There were no reported injuries or deaths, although a video posted to the state Department of ...

ST. HUBERTS — Tucked in a narrow valley between the towering cliffs and lush mountain slope forests of Round Mountain and Giant’s Nubble, Chapel Pond’s backdrop is among the most iconic in the Adirondacks. On Tuesday, July 15, it seemed to sparkle endlessly under deep blue ...

ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate, and extract lost, ...

NEWCOMB — The state Department of Environmental Conservation confirmed the location of the remains of Canadian hiker Leo DuFour, who went missing on Allen Mountain in early December and whose body was discovered by hikers on May 10. According to a wildland search and rescue incident ...

SARANAC LAKE — Those driving west from Lake Placid toward Tupper Lake on nice summer days will have probably noticed dozens of cars parked at a trailhead along state Route 3 about 16 miles from the village of Lake Placid. Having hiked the trail, I can attest that the trail’s popularity ...