End of an era: 'He was a tremendous ranger'
Gwendolyn Craig Adirondack Explorer
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Forest Ranger Scott van Laer pulls a sled with his belonging after visiting the Johns Brook Valley outpost in early March. (Mike Lynch/Adirondack Explorer) Show MoreShow Less
2of5Buy PhotoScott van Laer unearths airplane wreckage from a 30-year-old crash site Monday, Oct. 27, 2015, in the Adirondacks. (Rick Karlin/Times Union)Rick KarlinShow MoreShow Less
4of5Buy PhotoScott van Laer looks over his map on the trail up to Sleeping Beauty mountain on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, in Fort Ann, N.Y. Van Laer was searching in the area for the wreckage site of a plane that crashed in the area over 30 years ago. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)PAUL BUCKOWSKIShow MoreShow Less