In 2023, the Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers reported they conducted more than 300 search and rescue missions in just new York alone. To help ease the workload strain they ...

A multi-agency effort rescued a man reported missing from Dutchess County from the Clarksville Caves in New Scotland Saturday ...

Of the 15 wildfires currently burning across New York state, the two largest are in Ulster and Orange counties, state ...

Dariel Vasquez, a 2024 graduate of Ramapo High and Rockland Senior Male Athlete of the year, was killed while battling a ...

A New York forest ranger died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have ...

An 18-year-old New York parks employee died Saturday while battling one of many wildfires burning through several thousand ...

The Jennings Creek wildfire has been burning since Friday, impacting parts of West Milford, New Jersey and Greenwood Lake, New York. The New Jersey Forest ... County Fire and Rescue said the ...

POMPTON LAKES, N.J. (AP) — A New York forest ranger died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both ...

In February 2024, DEC Forest Rangers move an ice climber rescued from the North Face of Pitchoff off the Jackrabbit trail to a waiting ambulance at the end of Old Mountain Road in Lake Placid.

The Eastern Dutchess County Fire and Rescue said the New York state forestry service reported that the forest ranger, whose name was not released, died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon ...