Forest rangers located multiple lost hikers without proper lighting on Mount Marcy and Mount Van Hoevenberg trails during a ...

Saranac Lake sits like a perfectly polished gem among New York’s mountain peaks, somehow flying under the radar while its glamorous neighbor Lake Placid gets all the Olympic-sized attention.

A water sample collected from Lake Tear of the Clouds on Mount Marcy was found to have high levels of microplastics.

Four years after the original application, the public is invited to weigh in on Florida-based Unconventional Concepts' ...

From wildfire response in the North Country to rescues in the Hudson Valley and Adirondacks, New York’s DEC Forest Rangers had a full slate of missions this past week. In its latest Week in Review, ...

NORTH HUDSON — Two Wyoming County residents were rescued Saturday after they had an emergency on a wilderness hike, state DEC forest rangers said. The incident occurred 8 p.m. at Beck-Horn Mountain in ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It’s a bear-y happy ending for a Capital Region cub, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The little black bear was released back ...

A black bear cub, once confined in a dog crate, has been returned to the wild after being rescued by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) officers. Back in June, the DEC ...

A group of heroic mountain bikers spotted and rescued a missing hiker who was wandering the Idaho wilderness nearly naked with bleeding feet, according to authorities and reports. Heather Wayment was ...

ESSEX COUNTY, N.Y. (ABC22/FOX44) – According to New York officials, rangers have taken part in over a hundred search and rescue missions in the state so far this year. This past Saturday night, ...

A lightning strike has been ruled the preliminary cause of death for the two hunters found dead in Colorado. Conejos County Coroner Richard Martin has given his findings to multiple media outlets. He ...

Fans are mourning the loss of another popular Yellowstone wolf, 1479F, a young female that was killed legally by a hunter in Montana last week. She also was an offspring of the legendary Wolf 907F.