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.

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.

May 11 Coffee Tasting Hike. Strip Distict tour of coffeehouses and Downtown walk. Each participant takes home half pound of coffee to take home. Strip District, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $35, $20 Venture Outdoors members. 412-255-0564.

May 11 Mother's Day Child Carrier Hike. Moms walk up to 3 miles observing forests, wildflowers and meadows. Bring a child-carrier or sling (children up to 5 years). $8 per family. Raccoon Creek Wildflower Reserve, 1-3 p.m. 412-255-0564.

May 13 Tyke Hikes. Parents with newborns to 8 years. Snacks provided. $5 per family. Frick Park, 10 a.m.-noon. 412-255-0564.

May 18 Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Hike. Boyce Park hiking and pie eating. 1-4 p.m. $20, $12 Venture Outdoors members. 412-255-0564.

May 21 Weeknight Wine and Cheese Hike. Short hike in Riverview Park, South Side, plus bread, wine and cheese. Minimum age 21. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $30, $15 Venture Outdoors member. 412-255-0564.

FISHING

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, Bellefonte/State College. $50, $45 before May 1. Non-members welcome. 412-521-0714, pwwtubustrip@gmail.com.

June 20-22 Little Juniata Fly Fishing Classic on Spuce Creek. Hosted by the Spring Ridge Club, part of the Redbone @ Large Celebrity Tournament. 305-664-2002, www.redbone.org.

BOATING

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

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.

June 14 Boating Course. A&M Marine, New Castle. Holt Conner, 724-752-4410.

HUNTING

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

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.

CLAIRTON SPORTSMEN'S CLUB Muzzleloader shoot first Sunday of each month, noon-3 p.m. Public welcome. 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. 2008 EMSC High-Power Schedule May 24, June 7, June 28, July 5 CMP Garand / Springfield Match, July 26, Aug. 23, Sept. 6, Sept. 27, Oct. 4. Outdoor air pistol third Sundays, 1 p.m. 412-384-4747, www.dp.net/~emsc.

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.

FOREST GROVE SPORTSMEN Mondays: Trap, 6 p.m. Thursdays: Combat pistol shoots, 4 p.m., Third Wednesdays: Membership meetings, 7 p.m. Third Sundays: Muzzle-loaders shoots, noon. 412-269-0942.

LAWRENCE COUNTY Wednesdays: Trap/skeet shoot, 5 p.m. 5-stand, 5 p.m. Thursdays: 5 p.m.; Sundays: Sporting clays, 9:30 a.m. 5-stand, 9:30 a.m. 724-652-1075.

LIBRARY SPORTSMEN ASSOCIATION Thursdays: Trap, skeet, 6 p.m. 412-835-9812, www.librarysa.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.

McKEESPORT SPORTSMEN Skeet practice, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Cast bullet matches next to last Saturdays, 9 a.m., three classes, public welcome. 412-271-2144, 412- 824-7566.

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 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.

HUNTER-TRAPPER SAFETY

Allegheny County

May 17-18 Elizabeth Sportsmen's Club. May 17 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; May 18 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Pre-registration required. Class limit 50. Call if any special needs are required. 412-829-1966.

June 21-22 East Monongahela. June 21 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; June 22 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Pre-registration required. Class limit 50. 412-829-1966.

June 27-28 Ross Township Recreation Center. June 27 6-10 p.m.; June 28 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration required. Class limit 100. 412-635-0661.

July 26-27 McKeesport Sportsmen's Association. July 26 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; July 27 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Pre-registration required. Class limit 80. Call if special needs are required. 412-829-1966.

EDUCATIONAL

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.

May 17 Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Meets at Anderson Playground, Schenley Park, Oakland. Work in the new Pool Meadow and rehabilitate landscape around Anderson Steps. 412-682-7275 ext. 218, ecopeland@pittsburghparks.org.

May 31 Hartwood Acres trail maintenance. 10 a.m. at mansion. publisher@dirtragmag.com.

June 1 PTAG mountain bike trail work, Bavington. Details seth314@gmail.com.

June 14 Hartwood Acres trail maintenance. 10 a.m. at mansion. publisher@dirtragmag.com.

July 6 PTAG mountain bike trail work, Hartwood Acres. Details seth314@gmail.com.

Aug. 2, May 31 Hartwood Acres trail maintenance. 10 a.m. at mansion. publisher@dirtragmag.com.

Aug. 3 PTAG mountain bike trail work, Boyce Park. Details seth314@gmail.com.

Oct. 5 PTAG mountain bike trail work, Deer Lakes Park. Details seth314@gmail.com.

Nov. 2 PTAG mountain bike trail work, Moraine State Park. Details seth314@gmail.com.

MISC.

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.