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 29 Natural Symbols of Pennsylvania. Keystone State Park, New Alexandria. Moderate, 2 miles exploring how plants and animals helped people of the past and impact contemporary environment. Meets 10 a.m., Kell Visitor Center, Keystone State Park. 724-668-2566, pmcquistia@state.pa.us.

June 1 Historic Homestead and Homestyle Cooking. Homestead, Pa. Easy 4.5 mile hike around historic sites of Homestead, including Bost Building Museum, churches, the Carnegie Library, Carpatho-Rusyn Center and areas of the 1892 Battle of Homestead Strike, ending with dinner of soup, salad and breads at the Bulgarian Center. Meets 10 a.m. Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and Cultural Center. $25 Venture Outdoors members, $40 non-members. Pre-registration required, 412-255-0564, info@ventureoutdoors.org.

June 14 Ohiopyle Loop. Ohiopyle State Park. Moderate difficulty, 10 mile loop climbing 2,100 feet. Meets 11 a.m. Cucumber Falls parking area, Kentuck Road. Passes mountain laurel and rhododendron, mountain streams, waterfalls and river views. Money required for post-hike dinner at Caileigh's in Uniontown. Sponsor Keystone Ramblers, keystone-ramblers.home.att.net.

FISHING

June 1 Fish for Free Day. Throughout Pennsylvania. All other regulations apply.

June 1 Children's Fishing Rodeo. Cook Forest, 1-3 p.m. Children 12 years and under fish freshly stocked Tom's Run from the Swinging Bridge to the Children's Fishing Pond. Registration and prize give-away at Children's Fishing Pond behind Park Office. 814-744-8407, cookforestsp@state.pa.us.

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.

June 14 Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Heritage Day. Allenberry Playhouse and Resort, Boiling Springs. Sponsored by Pennsylvania Fly Fishing Museum. $7 day of event, $12 by June 11 includes free buffet lunch, 15 years and younger free. www.paflyfishing.org.

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

BOATING

Pittsburgh Area Power Squadron 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. 724-684-5320.

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

June 18 Canoeing Clarion River. Cook Forest State Park. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Four-mile guided interpretive canoeing program along the National Wild and Scenic Clarion River, gently flowing Class 1 rapids. Meet at Pale Whale Canoe Fleet, River Road half mile upstream from the Rt. 36 Cooksburg Bridge. $10 per canoe. Prior registration required. 814-744-8407, cookforestsp@state.pa.us.

June 22 Blessing of the fleet. Point State Park, Pittsburgh, Allegheny River. Noon, vessel safety checks. 2 p.m. blessing ceremony.

HUNTING

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.

AMBRIDGE DISTRICT SPORTSMEN'S ASSOC. May 25 3-D archery. Women/children under 11 shoot for free, children 11-15 half price. 8-1 p.m.

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

CANONSBURG SPORTSMEN ASSOC. Trap range open to public third Sundays starting at noon. Trap range open Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Call Sundays after 11 a.m. at 724-745-0527, or 724-745-4507.

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.

COVERED BRIDGE CHAPTER RUFFED GROUSE SOCIETY June 14, annual sporting clay shoot, Hunting Hills Sporting Clay, 181 Hunting Hills Road, Dilliner, Pa. 412-296-1178, setter@gundogalliance.com.

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 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 outdoor archery shoots June 8, July 13, Aug. 9-10, Sept. 13-14. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 724-651-8045, 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.

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

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.

Beaver County

May 30-31 Rochester Methodist Church, Rochester, Pa. May 30 5:30-9:30 p.m.; May 31 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-registration required. 724-775-3563.

Greene County

May 31-June 1 Jefferson Fire Hall, Jefferson, Pa. May 31 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., June 1 1-4 p.m. Lunch provided. 724-883-3901.

Washington County

May 30-31 Gander Mountain, Washington, Pa. May 30 5-9 p.m., May 31 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-registration required. 724-229-9800.

Westmoreland County

May 31-June 1 Sutersville Sportsman's Club. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. both days. Pre-registration required, lunch provided. $5 donation requested. 412-673-2968.

EDUCATIONAL

May 28 Bald Eagle State Park open house. Information about the state's first nature inn, a 16-room structure to be built in the Centre County park. 4-8 p.m., Beech Creek Fire Co. social hall. 814-625-2775.

May 31 Salamander Search. Cook Forest State Park. 10 a.m. - noon., Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom. Search for salamanders within the old growth forested wetlands at Tom's Run Valley. 814-744-8407, cookforestsp@state.pa.us.

May 31 Fire Tower-Seneca Point Historical Tour. 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Fire Tower Parking Lot. Historical interpretive tour of Fire Tower and Seneca Point including view from the box at top of the Fire Tower. 814-744-8407, cookforestsp@state.pa.us.

June 2 French & Indian War Encampment. Cook Forest State Park. More than 100 British, Colonial, French, and Native American re-enactors portray lifestyles of the 18th century. 814-744-8475.

VOLUNTEER

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

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.