In the wake of news that the 36,000-acre Whitney Park is under contract to be purchased by a developer, Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA) calls upon New York state to step up to ensure the best ...

The pair was escorted off the Cascade Mountain by a forest ranger after two of them mistakenly reported the death of a third ...

By Ed Shanahan Millions of people visit New York’s Adirondack Park each year. Many come to hike. When someone gets lost or hurt in the vast mountain wilderness, state forest rangers, who conduct ...

This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/ newsletter. John Rugge has spent half a ...

A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger responded escorted them to a waiting ambulance.

Three weeks ago, a hiking party in upstate New York found human remains off a trail in the Adirondack ... intensified, State Police helicopters carried rangers up the mountain and conducted ...

RANGERS ESCO A group of hikers caused an urgent response from forest rangers in New York's Adirondack ... Mountain steward was able to find the group and said they were in an "altered mental state ...

two hikers called 911 to report that a third member of their party had died while climbing Cascade Mountain, one of the Adirondacks most popular high peaks. A New York State Department of ...