In the past week New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) officials responded to 2 separate search and rescue missions that sadly resulted in search and recovery missions. A Ranger Swift Water Rescue Team already staged in Orange County responded with an inflatable boat. Seven Rangers assisted the Sullivan County Swift Water Rescue Team, Sullivan County Search and Rescue, the Callicoon, Hortonville, and North Branch Fire Departments, Delaware EMS, New York State Police, Sullivan County Sheriff’s Deputies, and Sullivan County Emergency Management. Rangers, NYSP, and DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officers set up search blocks where the subject’s phone was last pinged. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation offers condolences to the family.