Recent DEC Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Lake George
Warren County

Wilderness Rescue: On May 2 at 6:50 p.m., Forest Rangers Carabetta and Donegan responded to a call for an injured hiker on the trail to Prospect Mountain. Rangers reached the pair of hikers by 7:30 p.m. and stabilized the ankle of the injured 23-year-old from Latham. Rangers assisted the hikers back to the trailhead and then to their vehicle. The injured subject chose to seek further medical attention on her own. Resources were clear at 8:10 p.m.

Town of Lake George
Warren County

Training: On May 3-5, Forest Ranger Donegan led technical rope rescue operations training at Prospect Mountain. Twenty-eight Rangers took part in the training that included moving “patients” in steep technical terrain.


Technical rope rescue operations training at Prospect Mountain


Rangers Carrabetta, Hamm, and Nahor and Lieutenant Kerr at Prospect Mountain training


Technical rope rescue operations training at Prospect Mountain