There are only four days left to enter the “Name the Trail Drawing” that will give one lucky person the naming rights to the Cook Mountain Preserve’s Red Summit Trail.

Tax deductible donations will help the Lake George Land Conservancy ensure permanent protection of the Last Great Shoreline Preserve in Putnam. Once the Conservancy raises enough funds and the property can be paid for in full, they can make it a designated Lake George managed wildlife refuge, the first of its kind.

The cost for one chance at winning trail naming rights will cost $50 and three chances will cost $100.

There are three different ways to enter the contest:

1.      Mail in your donation to LGLC, PO Box 1250, Bolton Landing, NY 12814. Mail-ins must be postmarked by Feb. 25, 2012. Please make checks payable to LGLC and include in memo “Cook Mt. Drawing.”

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Conservation officers say they'e ticketed more than 70 people for illegal hunting in eastern New York since late October.

Many of the offenses involved "deer jacking," shooting deer at night using lights, and some included using bait to attract deer or bears.

Some of the hunters also face misdemeanor charges involving weapons violations, taking does without permits or hunting out of season.

In one case, two men were charged after one got out of a car and fired at a decoy deer set up off a road in Fulton County. They were ticketed for having a loaded weapon in a vehicle and firing over a public highway.

The enforcement push by the Department of Environmental Conservation ranged from the Adirondacks to the Mohawk Valley and Capital Region.

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Gore Mountain will acquire 130 new high-efficiency tower guns (snow making guns).  According to a press release by Gore Mountain, the guns will be used on Gore’s trails, Sunway, Otter Slide, Sleigh ride, 3B, and Quicksilver.  The Wild Air Terrain Park and Burnt Ridge Mountain’s Sagamore trail will also benefit from the new guns.

The older snow making guns will be put on more family friendly trails like Pete Gay and Sleeping Bear so that ground guns previously used on those trails can now be used on the North Side of the Mountain.