Recent DEC Forest Ranger Actions

Town of Granville
Washington County

Wilderness Rescue:: On May 25 at 10:44 a.m., Washington County requested Forest Ranger assistance with the search for an 85-year-old with dementia who walked away from her home. Her husband had last seen her at 9 p.m. the previous day. Ranger Boulton tracked the subject’s foot path through leaf litter and found her laying in the woods off an ATV trail at 12:01 p.m. The subject was disoriented and cold, but uninjured.