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 Webb, Herkimer County
Snowmobile Accident: On Feb. 21 at 6:14 p.m., while on routine snowmobile patrol, Forest Ranger Snye was the first responder to a snowmobile crash on Fourth Lake. The snowmobiler involved in the accident complained of neck, shoulder, rib, and back pain, and also reported losing consciousness after the crash.
Ranger Snye, Inlet EMS, and Eagle Bay and Inlet Fire Departments packaged the 58-year-old from Pennsylvania and transported them to an ambulance.
On February 9, 2025 at about 3 am five snowmobiles crashed on Fourth Lake, killing one rider.
Town of Hunter, Greene County
Wilderness Search: On Feb. 22 at 7:40 p.m., Greene County 911 received a call from two hikers lost on the escarpment trail. Forest Rangers Fox and Peterson were unable to reestablish contact with the hikers, so they hiked to the coordinates of the 911 call.
Rangers reached the two 53-year-old hikers approximately one mile from the North-South Lake Campground. Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies drove the pair to their vehicle and resources were clear at 9:50 p.m.
Town of Keene, Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On Feb. 23 at 11:59 a.m., a 33-year-old from Maryland slipped on the ice approximately 200 feet from her vehicle at Chapel Pond, injuring her leg.
Forest Ranger Quinn, the Keene Valley Fire Department, and the subject’s climbing partners helped carry out the patient. Keene Valley Fire Department transported the subject to Elizabethtown Hospital.
Read about past Forest Ranger missions here.
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