The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) is offering a unique opportunity to name its summit trail at the Cook Mountain Preserve in Ticonderoga. A drawing for naming rights to the winner of LGLC’s Name-the-Trail event will take place March 6, 2012. Entries are being accepted now until February 25, 2012.<\/p>\n
One lucky winner will receive the naming rights to Cook Mountain’s red summit trail, which climbs 885 feet over one and one-quarter miles from the base of the preserve to its summit and includes spectacular views of Lake George and Lake Champlain. Once approved by LGLC Board of Directors and staff, the new name will be identified on the preserve’s kiosk, on its trail guide and on the LGLC website.
\nIn addition to giving away naming rights, a bottle of Bixby’s Best maple syrup will be given to the first ten drawing donors.<\/p>\n
A chance in the drawing may be purchased with a tax-deductible donation of $50, or three chances for $100. Proceeds from the Name-the-Trail Drawing will go towards the permanent protection of the Last Great Shoreline Preserve in Putnam. Once its mortgage is paid in full, LGLC can take the next steps to make the Last Great Shoreline Preserve the Lake George’s first managed wildlife refuge.<\/p>\n
This is the second Name-the-Trail Drawing offered by LGLC; in 2010 LGLC’s first Name-the-Trail Drawing gave the naming rights to the red trail at the Last Great Shoreline and raised $20,000. The drawing winner was John Macionis, who chose to name the trail Andia-ta-roc-te, the Iroquois name for the lake, meaning “where the mountains close in” or “where the lake is closed in by mountains.”<\/p>\n
Anyone interested in purchasing a drawing ticket should contact Cornelia Wells at 518-644-9673 or email cwells@lglc.org. Donations may also be made online at www.lglc.org. For more information, including drawing restrictions and details, please see lglc.org or contact Cornelia.<\/p>\n
Founded in 1988, the Lake George Land Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust dedicated to working with willing landowners and other partners to protect the world-renowned water quality of Lake George and to permanently preserve the natural, scenic, historical and recreational resources of the Lake George region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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