What: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers who spent two weeks battling wildfires in Canada recently returned home (see https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-welcomes-dec-forest-ranger-crew-returning-fighting-wildfires-canada-0). Crew Boss Ranger Gary Miller led seven additional Rangers as part of a 20-person wildland firefighting team assigned to the Micoua Fire Complex, which burned approximately 40,600 acres. The Forest Rangers returned on Sunday, July 16 after spending 14 days in Quebec working on multiple fires.

Who:

Basil Seggos - DEC Commissioner

Lincoln Hanno – Herkimer and Lewis Counties

Gary Miller – Hamilton County

John Scott – Suffolk County

Link to Press Conference:

https://we.tl/t-mRX1XIW8z2

Link to Pictures and Video from Quebec:

https://we.tl/t-uod2BLIxnd