On June 28, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forester came across 10 marijuana plants growing in Hill Higher State Forest in Chautauqua County.
The forester notified a forest ranger about his find. The ranger visited the site numerous times over many weeks hoping to locate the person responsible for the plants, but that person never showed up when he was there.
Two rangers uprooted the pot plants last week and destroyed them before they could be harvested. Although marijuana laws have changed in New York, it is still illegal to grow cannabis on state land. This investigation remains open.
The following reports are excerpted from DEC:
A 19-year-old from Michigan fell and injured his leg Sunday while hiking near Split Rock Falls, Essex County, and was unable to walk out. A ranger set up a low-angle rope rescue system and worked with Keene Valley Fire Department’s Wilderness Response Team to place the injured hiker in a litter. The team then lifted her out to the road. Elizabethtown-Lewis EMS evaluated the patient and her friend took her took to the hospital.
On Sept. 8-10, more than a dozen rangers and five conservation police officers worked a safety detail for the annual Adirondack Canoe Classic, known as the “90 Miler.” which runs from Old Forge to Saranac Lake.
On the evening of Sept. 8, a patient ran away from the Adirondack Medical Center in Harrietstown and swam across Lake Colby. Three rangers joined state police in a search, and spotted the runaway patient on a snowmobile trail behind a camp, heading toward railroad tracks. After a brief chase, they captured him and turned him over to state police, who brought the patient back to the hospital.
On the evening of Sept. 6, a ranger saw a vehicle swerving over the center line of State Route 11B in the town of Bangor. The ranger pulled over the driver, a 36-year-old from New Hampshire, who opened his glove compartment revealing evidence that there may be a handgun in the vehicle. The…
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