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 Lexington, Greene County
Wilderness Recovery: On April 24 at 7:15 p.m., Forest Rangers responded to a call for an unresponsive subject approximately one mile up West Kill Mountain. The original call came from another hiker. At 8:30 p.m., Forest Rangers located the hiker, deceased.
Rangers, a DEC Division of Law Enforcement Bureau of Environmental Crimes Investigator (BECI), New York State Police (NYSP), Ashland Fire and EMS, and the Lexington Fire Department recovered the subject and turned them over to the Greene County Coroner. Resources were clear at 12:15 a.m. NYSP is handling the investigation.
Town of Indian Lake, Hamilton County
Wilderness Search: On April 26 at 11 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch alerted Forest Rangers to a lost hiker on Blue Mountain. The dispatcher determined the hiker was off trail, approximately one-half mile southeast of the summit. Ranger Miller reached the subject by phone. The hiker advised they were able to get a map phone app to work and make it back to the trail.
Ranger Miller told the 41-year-old from Syracuse to begin making his way slowly to the summit. Ranger Miller hiked up the snow-covered service road to the summit and met the hiker. Rangers Lewis and Nahor arrived in UTVs and transported Ranger Miller and the subject to Ranger Miller’s truck. Ranger Miller drove the hiker to his vehicle and resources were clear at 2 p.m.
Town of Lake George, Warren County
Wilderness Rescue: On April 26 at 1:45 p.m., the Warren County Sheriff’s Department requested Forest Ranger assistance with the carry out of a hiker who suffered a lower leg injury on Prospect Mountain. Rangers Geyer, Kabrehl, Morehouse, and Perryman reached the 37-year-old from Boston and transported him in a litter to an awaiting ambulance.
Read past Forest Ranger search and rescue reports here.
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