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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Post-Gazette

American Whitewater Over-the-Falls Festival is on Aug. 23 at Ohiopyle. Falls races, upstream world championship, Falls Under Lights, town party, live music, food vendors, films, silent auction. Boating over the falls is only permitted one weekend each year and thrill-seekers come from across the country to participate.

HIKING

Second Sundays through September. Wetlands-Buckskin-Heritage Loop. Raccoon Creek State Park. Meets 7:45 a.m. 724-899-3611.

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

Aug. 30 Bear Run Nature Reserve. Meets 9 a.m. at 1478 Mill Run Road, Mill Run. Free, registration required at www.AlleghenyTrails.com or 412-760-6638.

BIKING

Aug. 17 Bike-a-thon/Cycle Splash. Raccoon Creek State Park. 4-Mile Family Fun Ride, 35-mile course, 100K, swimming, games, prizes and a cancer-survivors ceremony. 412-919-1100 ext. 1110 and dcatena@cancer.org.

FISHING

Wednesdays Downtown TriAnglers instructional fishing, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. North Shore, Riverfront Park. $5.

Oct. 3-5 Women's Fly-Fishing Weekend. Spruce Creek Fly Company, Spruce Creek, Pa. All experience levels welcome. $550, discount available for parties of three or more. 814- 632-6129. www.ericstroupflyfishing.com.

GETout spotlight

Wilderness survival:
Aug. 23

You strayed -- just a little it seemed -- off the trail. But suddenly nothing seems familiar, the path you were on a minute ago is nowhere to be found and on the horizon the sun is sinking fast. Uh oh.

A survival training program at Ohiopyle State Park begins with a primer on how to avoid the need for survival training and what to carry on day hikes just in case you do. The program tests your survival skills and includes a video on difficult survival situations. Meets at 10 a.m. at the train station. For details call 724-329-8594.

BOATING

Alternate Wednesdays through October. Free kayaking on Lake Elizabeth, Allegheny Commons, North Side. 5-7 p.m. 412-255-0564.

Aug. 17 Water Ski Clinic for People with Disabilities. Meets 8:30 a.m. Steel City Rowing Club, Verona. 412-848-8896.

Aug. 17 Canoe and Kayak Basics. Cook Forest. Meets 10 a.m. at park office. 814-744-8407.

SHOOTS

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

ALLEGHENY COUNTY RIFLE CLUB Saturdays and Sundays: ATA registered trap, 10 a.m. Call 412-821-9828.CALIFORNIA HILL Sundays: Sporting clays and five-stand, 9 a.m. Call 724-938-3480 or 724-938-3477.

CANONSBURG SPORTSMEN ASSOC. 3-D archery Aug. 23-24, Sept. 20-21. Registration 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., 724-255-8450. Aug. 2 youth field day for kids 9-15, 724-745-7654. Trap open to public and members Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and third Sundays, noon. 724-745-4507.

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 Sept. 16 Garand Memorial. First and third Sundays: 5-stand 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Third Sundays: Civilian Marksmanship Program 9:30 sign-up, 11 a.m. Mondays: outdoor pistol, NMC, MPRL 6 p.m. Tuesdays: trap 7-10 p.m. 412-531-5043, www.mdi.net/dml.

EAST MONONGAHELA SPORTSMEN 3-D archery shoots Aug. 31, Sept. 7, Sept 21. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. CMP Garand-Springfield Match, Aug. 23, Sept. 6, Sept. 27, Oct. 4. Outdoor air pistol third Sundays, 1 p.m. 412-384-4747, www.dp.net/~emsc.

FALCON ARCHERS Dick Zorn Bowhunter 3-D shoots Sept. 13 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Sept. 14 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Kitchen open for all shoots. 724-746-2880, falconarchers.hypermart.net.

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.

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'S CLUB Tuesdays: skeet 5 p.m. Wednesdays: evening leagues, practice 6 p.m. Saturdays: registered targets 9 a.m. 724-935-9963, www.millvalesportsmens.org.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 3-D outdoor archery shoots Sept. 13-14. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 724-651-8045, www.possumhollowsportsmansclub.com.

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

SHANNOCK VALLEY SPORTSMAN'S CLUB 3-D archery Sept. 21. 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Public invited. Yatesboro, 724-783-6450.SUTERSVILLE SPORTSMEN Trap practice: Mondays, 6 p.m., Tuesdays 10 a.m. 412-872-0989.

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

HUNTER-TRAPPER SAFETY

Allegheny County

Aug. 22-23 Logan's Ferry Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 22 5-9 p.m.; Aug. 23 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Pre-registration required. 724-327-0461.

Aug. 29-30 Millvale Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 29 6-10 p.m.; Aug. 30 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Pre-registration required, 724-934-6887 or 724-935-3626.

Armstrong County

Aug. 23-24 Apollo-Spring Church Sportsmen. Aug. 23-24 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Lunch provided. 724-478-1248.

Beaver County

Aug. 22-23 Pine Run Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 22 5-9 p.m.; Aug. 23 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration required. Lunch pro- vided. Class limit 50. 724-774-4642.

Aug. 25-27 Ambridge Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 25-26-27 5:30-9:30 p.m. Registration required. Class limit 50. 724-869-9749.

Fayette County

Aug. 29-30 Connellsville Sportsmen's Association. Aug. 29 6-10 p.m.; Aug. 30 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration required, lunch provided. 724-626-4470.

Green County

Sept. 12-13 Waynesburg Fairgrounds-Auction Building. Sept. 12 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Sept. 13 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration required, lunch provided. 724-499-5499.

Westmoreland County

Aug. 23-24 Sutersville Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 23-24 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration required. Lunch provided. 412-673-2968.

Aug. 30-31 Youngwood Sportsmen's Club. Aug. 30 6-10 p.m.; Aug. 31 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration required. Lunch provided. 724-836-9903.

EDUCATIONAL

Daily. National Aviary, North Side. Bird watching stroll meets 10:30 a.m. daily at atrium. $9 adults; $8 seniors; $7.50 children 2 and over, children under 2 free (strollers welcome). 412-323-7235, www.aviary.org.

Aug. 21 Spotting White-tail Deer. Cook Forest. Bring spotlights. Driving tour meets at 8 p.m. at Log Cabin Inn Environmental Learning Classroom. 814-744-8407.

Aug. 22 Owl Prowl. Ohiopyle State Park. 8:45 p.m. Kentuck Knob Campground Amphitheater. 724-329-8594.

Aug. 23 Rain Barrel and Water Conservation workshop. Fern Hollow Nature Center, 1901 Glen Mitchell Road, Sewickley Heights. 9:30-11 a.m. $30 includes all materials and instructions. Pre-registration required. 412-741-6136.

Aug. 23 Reptiles and Amphibians of Pennsylvania. Raccoon Creek State Park. Meets 2 p.m. at Wildflower Reserve. 724-899-3611.

Aug. 23 Survival. Ohiopyle State Park. Program on wilderness survival. 10 a.m. at the Train Station. 724-329-8594.

Aug. 23 Snakes and Reptiles. Ohiopyle State Park. 8:30 p.m. Kentuck Knob Campground Amphitheater. 724-329-8594.

Aug. 24 Wildflower Walk. Raccoon Creek State Park. Identification, medicinal use, edible, folklore. Meets 2 p.m. at Wildflower Reserve. 724-899-3611.

Aug. 24 Walk through the Forest Cathedral. Cook Forest. Interpretive walk into old-growth white pine forest. Meets 11 a.m. 814-744-8407.

Aug. 24 Nature's Grody Gross. Ohiopyle State Park. Examine icky creatures. Meets 10 a.m. 724-329-8594.

VOLUNTEER

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

Aug. 23 PTAG mountain trail work, Raystown Lakes trail finishing. 814-242-5023.

Aug. 30 Hartwood Acres trail maintenance. Meets 10 a.m. at mansion. pubisher@dirtragmag.com.

MISC.

Aug. 23 Clear Creek Valley Lumber Heritage Day. Explores Clear Creek State Park beach as it was in 1870s. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 814-744-8407.

Aug. 23 American Whitewater Over-the-Falls Festival. Falls races, upstream world championship, Falls Under Lights, town party, live music, food vendors, films, silent auction. Details at www.fallsrace.com, bj2adams@juno.com, 412-242-4562.

Sept. 20 Mid-Atlantic Mushroom Foray. North Park, Parish Hill Barn. 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Mushroom walks, wild mushroom cooking demonstration, talks by nationally known mycologist Gary Lincoff and others and a mushroom feast. Pre-register at www.wpamushroomclub.org or 724-443-6878.

Sept. 27-28 McConnells Mill State Park Heritage Festival. 724-368-9320.

First published on August 17, 2008 at 12:00 am