Local Forest Rangers Brian Getchell and Ryan Maker Honored for Lifesaving Heroics in July 2025
Officials with the Maine Forest Service recently honored two of their own — Sergeant Brian Getchell (second from right) and Ranger Ryan Maker (right) — with the agency’s Lifesaving Award for rescuing a woman with cardiac symptoms last summer while on patrol of a campsite along the Machias River. (MFS photo)