When Betsy Lowe’s camp on Long Lake burned to the ground in the summer of 1998, she didn’t just lose a seasonal home; she found a calling. At the time, Lowe was a public affairs specialist for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in Ray Brook. The fire—ignited by a bear that had broken in and knocked a refrigerator onto a propane line—became the subject of one of her lobby displays, which covered topics such as the 1995 microburst …
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