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News From New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
MEDIA ADVISORY
News from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
For more information contact: Yancey Roy, 518-402-8000
NY Forest Rangers Join California Wildfire Efforts
Media Availability at 11 a.m. as 21-member DEC crew departs
ALBANY, NY (07/10/2008; 2036)(readMedia)-- New York forest rangers and other Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) personnel are joining the effort to combat raging wildfires at the Los Padres National Forest in Big Sur, Calif. They are departing Friday.
There will be a media opportunity to speak to the 21-member crew at the DEC staging area:
11 a.m.
Friday, July 11
Saratoga Fire Cache/Saratoga Tree Nursery
Rt. 9
Saratoga Springs, NY
Besides rangers, the crew will include personnel from DEC's lands and forests, operations and pesticides programs. They likely will be at the California fires for two weeks. A list of DEC personnel will be available Friday.
DEC Contact: Yancey Roy, 518-402-8000.
DEC Contact at the scene will be Col. Andrew Jacob.
| WHO: | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
| WHAT: | NY Forest Rangers Prepare to Depart for Calif. Wildfires |
| WHEN: | Friday July 11, 2008 at 11:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) |
| WHERE: | Saratoga Tree Nursery Rt. 9 Saratoga Springs, New York |
