HUNTER, N.Y. — New York state forest rangers rescued a hiker in Greene County’s Kaaterskill Wild Forest, the Department of Environmental Conservation said Tuesday. At about 10:20 p.m. Sunday, May 11, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 10-man prison work crew helped rescue and carry out an injured hiker in the Tillamook State Forest, the Oregon Department of Corrections shared in a social media post Monday morning ...

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released its weekly “DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review,” covering forest ranger missions between December 30, 2025 and January 2.

NORTH ELBA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Every week, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation releases their “Forest Rangers Week in Review.” During the week of May 27 through May 31, forest ...

On July 10, at 8:50 a.m., Greene County 911 called a DEC forest ranger about a 68-year-old hiker from New Hampshire at Kaaterskill Falls who suffered a head injury and may have lost consciousness, ...

DEC Forest Rangers conducted multiple wilderness rescues in the Adirondacks last week, including two litter carry-outs and a helicopter airlift. Rangers accompany an injured hiker from the Lake Colden ...

On the night of Aug. 13 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from the friend of a hiker in need of assistance in the Adirondack High Peaks ...