HIKING

Wednesdays The Audubon Society of Pennsylvania holds walks every Wednesday, 9 a.m. Call 412-963-6100.

Sundays through May. Nature Walks. Fern Hollow Nature Center. 1:30 p.m. www.fhnc.org 412-716-5520.

Through Aug. 2. Highlands Hiking Trail Quest. On various dates, program covers all 70 miles of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. May 10, May 31, June 14, July 12, July 26, August 2. 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. $8 Venture Outdoors members, $15 non-members. 412-225-0564 ext. 21.

April 27 Sunday Stroll (Signs of spring and dam hike). McKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake. 724-376-1000, info@mckeever.org. www.mckeever.org.

May 4 A Walk on a Trail. Schenley Park, Steve Faloon Trail, Circuit Drive at Westinghouse Pond, Oakland. Dogs on leashes welcome. Less than 2 miles. 10 a.m. $15, kids $10. Benefits Steve Faloon Bone Marrow Fund. 412-561-7161.

May 11, May 25 Sunday Strolls (Mother's Day Hike and Leave No Trace). McKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake. 724-376-1000, info@mckeever.org. www.mckeever.org.

FISHING

April 27 Spaghetti Dinner. The Allison family rejected the Spring Ridge Club's financial offer to post their stretch of the Little Juniata River and add it to the exclusive private club. They now ask anglers to help raise money for treatment of son Clay Allison's bone cancer. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Juniata Valley High School. $4, age 6-13, $2, 5 and under free. 814-669-4401.

May 3 Crappie Round Up Tournament. Pymatuning Lake. Sponsor Pymatuning Lake Assoc. 724-927-6879, pymalake@windstream.net, www.pymatuninglake.com.

May 17 Dan Wagner Memorial Kids Fishing Day, Allison Park Sportsmen's Club, North Park Lake. Free and open to all children.

May 17 Walleye Round Up Tournament. Pymatuning Lake. Sponsor Pymatuning Lake Assoc. 724-927-6879, pymalake@windstream.net, www.pymatuninglake.com.

May 17-18 George Daniel Fly Fishing Clinic. McKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake. 724-376-1000, info@mckeever.org, www.mckeever.org.

June 7 Fisherman's Paradise Bus Trip. Penn's Woods West Trout Unlimited trip to Spring Creek, Bellefont/State College. $50, $45 before May 1. Non-members welcome. 412-521-0714, pwwtubustrip@gmail.com.

BOATING

Pittsburgh Area Power Squadon boating safety seminars are free, additional fee for course materials.

May 1 Using VHF and VHF/DSC Marine Radio, Oakmont Yacht Club, Oakmont. 7 p.m. Mark Steele, 412-760-1465, m.d.steele@verizon.net.

May 3 Personal Watercraft Operator Safety Course. Required in Pennsylvania. Mon Valley Emergency Services Building, Donner Ave., Monessen. 9 a.m., $20. register 724-684-5320.

May 31 Personal Watercraft Operator Safety Course. Required in Pennsylvania. Mon Valley Emergency Services Building, Donner Ave., Monessen. 9 a.m., $20. register 724-684-5320.

HUNTING

May 4, May 11 Qualifying shoot for Allegheny County deer management program. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Northside Sportsmen's Association, Marshall. 412-931-9438, 412-735-0497. Hunts occur during regular archery season.

May 14 Ruffed Grouse Society Dinner. The Fish Pond, Swiftwater Lane, Leesport. Cocktails 6:30 p.m., dinner 7:30 p.m. 610-478-4500.

May 22-24 Women's Turkey Clinic and Hunt. Stackhouse Park, Johnstown. Sponsor NRA. $200. 800-861-1166, dconni@nrahq.org, www.nrahq.org/women/hunting/index.asp.

July 19 Youth Day. Pitcairn-Monroeville Sportsmen's Club, Rt. 48, North Versailles, 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Boys and girls 9-15. Rifle, trap, archery, safety education, muzzleloader, trapping. Allegheny County Sportsmen's League. Register by June 15. 412-824-6467, acslyouthday2008@yahoo.com.

SHOOTS

For a more complete listing of shoots, visit www.post-gazette.com/sports.

ALIQUIPPA BUCKTAILS Skeet and trap, Wednesdays 6 p.m. and Fridays 5 p.m. Call 724-378-1450 or visit www.bucktails.us.

ALLEGHENY COUNTY RIFLE CLUB Saturdays and Sundays: ATA registered trap, 10 a.m. Call 412-821-9828.

ALL SEASONS TRAP AND SKEET Wednesdays: Open shoots, 5 p.m. Call 1-814-590-3777.

CALIFORNIA HILL Sundays: Sporting clays and five-stand, 9 a.m. Call 724-938-3480 or 724-938-3477.

CARRICK SPORTSMEN Sundays: Traps, 1 p.m. Junior rifle and traps programs, personal protection/firearms safety, hunter safety courses. Call 724-348-5354 or visit www.carricksportsmen.com.

CHARLEROI ARCHERY CLUB 724-366-3596.

CLAIRTON Tuesdays: Skeet, trap leagues and practice, 5 p.m. Fridays: Trap practice 6 p.m. Sundays: Trap practice, leagues, 1 p.m. Last weekend of each month: Cast bullet and .22 rim-fire matches. Visit www.clairtonsc.org.

CLAYBUSTERS Sundays: Sporting clays, five stand, skeet and trap, 9 a.m. and Thursdays 1 p.m. Call 814-437-3252 or 814-437-3428.

COLLIER SPORTSMEN Tuesdays: Trap 6:30 p.m. Public welcome. 412-276-9628.

CONNELLSVILLE SPORTSMEN Tuesdays: Trap practice and skeet shooting, 5 p.m.

CORAOPOLIS Sundays: Junior Olympic archery development, 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Indoor archery, 7 p.m. Wednesdays: Informal combat, 7 p.m. Call 412-264-9920 or 412-793-7692.

CROWFOOT ROD & GUN Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays: Public trap practice, 7 p.m. Call 724-327-9315 or 724-327-0592.

DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN Mondays: Outdoor pistol, NMC and MPRL, 7 p.m., Wednesdays: Indoor Open shoot, noon. 412-531-5043, www.mdi.net/dml.

EAST MONONGAHELA SPORTSMEN 3-D Archery Shoots. May 18, June 8, June 29, July 27, August 10, August 31, Sept. 7, Sept 21. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays: Bowling pin shoot, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays: Trap, 6:30 p.m. Third Sundays: Air pistol silhouette match, 1 p.m. 412-384-4747, www.dp.net/~emsc.

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION 412751-4401.

ELRAMA SPORTSMEN Mondays: Trap practice, 6 p.m. 412-384-8896.

FIVE POINTS HUNT Mondays: Trap practice, 5:30 p.m. 724-375-7381, 724-457-0315, www.fivepointshuntingclub.com.

FORD CITY SPORTSMEN May 18: Relay for Life Cancer Trap Shoot, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. 100 16-yard targets, prizes awarded. Public welcome, benefits American Cancer Society. Wednesdays: Skeet practice, 6 p.m. Fridays: Trap practice, 6 p.m. 724-763-3136, fordcitysportsmen@yahoo.com.

LONG BRANCH SPORTSMEN Tuesdays: Indoor NRA 50-foot small bore pistol league, 7 p.m. 724-925-2919, 724-333-4408, www.bloomautomatic.com/lbsc

McDONALD SPORTSMEN Thursdays: Trap and skeet, 7 p.m. 724-796-2271, www.mcdonaldsportsmen.com.

MILLVALE SPORTSMEN Tuesdays: Skeet, 5 p.m. Wednesdays: Evening leagues, practice, 6 p.m. Saturdays: Registered targets, 9 a.m. 724-935-9963, www.millvalesportsmens.org.

NORTH BUFFALO SPORTSMAN'S Second Sundays: Action pistol, rifle. Third Sundays: Hunters trail shoot. Last Saturdays and Sundays: 3-D archery. 724-353-2444, 724-664-0513.

NORTH SIDE SPORTSMEN Wednesdays: Skeet, 6 p.m. Trap, 6 p.m. Sundays: Trap, skeet, 11 a.m. 724-935-9884, www.nssa.ws.

PITCAIRN-MONROEVILLE SPORTSMEN Thursdays: Trap, practical pistol practice, 6 p.m. Saturdays: Trap practice, 10 a.m. Sundays: trap practice, 1 p.m. 412-824-3790, www.pmsconline.com.

POSSUM HOLLOW SPORTSMEN Thursdays: 3-D archery, 6 p.m. 724-513-5338, 724-601-4796, 724-843-3489, www.possumhollowsportsmansclub.com.

RICHLAND SPORTSMEN Thursdays: Archery. Alternate Mondays: Junior rifle. 412-486-2873.

ROSTRAVER SPORTSMEN Practice trap, pistol and 3-D archery. 724-872-4399.

RUFFSDALE GUN Sundays: Trap practice, noon. Saturdays, 10 a.m.

SALTSBURG SPORTSMEN Paintball shoot second and fourth Sundays, 9:30 a.m. 724-845-6936.

SHANER SPORTSMEN Fridays: Trap. 724-494-6834, 412-417-3744.

SHANNOCK VALLEY SPORTSMAN'S CLUB 3-D archery April 27, June 29, Sept. 21. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Public invited. Yatesboro, 724-783-6450.

SINNAMAHONING SPORTSMEN Paint ball shoot second and fourth Sundays, 9:30 a.m. 724-845-6936.

SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENSBURG 724-834-3671.

SUTERSVILLE SPORTSMEN Trap practice: Mondays, 6 p.m., Tuesdays 10 a.m. 412-872-0989.

TARENTUM SPORTSMEN Thursdays: Skeet practice, 5:30 p.m. 724- 353-1216.

TRAFFORD SPORTSMEN Indoor pistol: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 1 p.m. Trap: Wednesdays 10 a.m.; Fridays 6 p.m. Tuesdays: Archery practice, evenings; Bowling pin shoot: First and third Sundays, 10:30 a.m. 412-372-3820.

VICTORY HILL GUN Tuesdays: Trap practice, 6 p.m. 724-258-9871.

WASHINGTON SPORTSMEN Thursdays: Trap, wobble trap, skeet, 6 p.m. 724-222-0651.

WEST PENN SPORTSMEN Five-stand: Sundays, 10 a.m., Thursdays, 4 p.m. Trap: Thursdays 4:30 p.m.

YOUNGWOOD Trap: Sunday 10 a.m., Tuesdays, 6 p.m.

EDUCATIONAL

April 29 Land Preservation and Conservation Easements workshop. Sponsored by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. April 29, Rustic Lodge, 2199 Oakland Ave., Indiana. Registration 6:30 p.m., workshop 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Free. RSVP 724-459-0953 ext. 110.

April 27 Frick Park Bird Walk, Nine Mile Run Watershed Association. 7:30 a.m. Meets Frick Park. Bird watching, ecological restoration. Wissahickon Nature Club, 412-521-3365.

May 9-11 A Feather Quest. Two-day birdwatcher eco-tour, Ohiopyle State Park. $150-$185. 724-329-0986, eeohiopyle@qcol.net.

May 11 Spring Wildflowers. Jennings Environmental Education Center, Slippery Rock. Half-hour guided walk. 2 p.m. 724-794-6011.

May 24 Spring Woodland Flowers. McKeever Environmental Learning Center, Sandy Lake. 724-376-1000, info@mckeever.org. www.mckeever.org.

VOLUNTEER

Second Saturdays PTAG mountain bike trail work, Frick Park, Squirrel Hill. Details seth314@gmail.com.

April 29 Hartwood Trail Maintenance. Meets 7 p.m. at Dirt Rag, adjacent to park. 412-302-9070.

May 2 Stewardship of the Eliza Furnace Trail. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Hands on Pittsburgh. 412-488-0212.

May 4 PTAG mountain bike trail work, South Park. Details seth314@gmail.com.

MISC.

APRIL 27 Enlow Fork Spring Wildflower Walk, State Game Lands 304, Greene County. Guided flower tours, early bird walk, snacks, merchandise, etc. 724-499-5774, enlowfork.tripod.com.

May 8 Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Museum of Rural Life. Debut of a new enclosure and reopening of National Historic Landmark site marking some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America. Avella, 724-587-3212.

May 17 Venture Outdoors Festival. Washington's Landing, North Side, Pittsburgh. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 412-255-0564, www.ventureoutdoors.org.

May 23-23 Outdoor Extravaganza. Butler Outdoor Club. Sampler of outdoor activities. Base camp at Breakneck Campground near McConnell's Mills and Moraine State Park). www.butleroutdoorclub.com,724-526-5407 and joyceappel@windstream.net.