Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2008 12:00 am
The Outdoor Calendar is a directory of upcoming outdoor events. Have your group's next event listed here for free. Send it via e-mail to wes.smalling@trib.com, fax 266-0568 or mail to: Casper Star-Tribune, Outdoor Calendar, P.O. Box 80, Casper WY 82602.
Groups
* Saturday: Hawk Springs, 11th Annual Goose Cook-off and Goose Calling Competition. Call (307) 532-4266.
* Saturday: Murie Audubon Society of Casper, 21st Annual Banquet
* Saturday-Sunday: Casper Mountain Sled Dog Races
* Feb. 14: Meadowlark Audubon Society of the Big Horn Basin, 7 p.m. meeting in Cody featuring a video presentation on mountain bluebirds. Call (307) 587-2451.
* Feb. 15-18: 10th Annual Waterfall Ice Festival in Cody, www.southforkice.com
* Feb. 16-17: Pronghorn Archery Club, Valentine's Shoot, NFAA 300 Round, Rocky Mountain Discount Sports in Gillette. Call (307) 257-7509 or (307) 686-6854.
* Feb. 17: Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Palisades Backcountry Ski. Call (307) 733-9417.
* Feb. 15-18: Audubon Society, Great Backyard Bird Count. Go online to {M7www.birdsource.org.
* Feb. 19: High Plains Audubon Society of Cheyenne program, "Finding the Northern Goshawk," 7 p.m., Willow Room, Laramie County Library.
* Feb. 20: Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance info-lunch, "The Future of the National Elk Refuge." Call (307) 733-9417.
* Feb. 24: Lost Arrow Archers, first leg of Casper's Triple Crown "Fun Shot," The Arena complex at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. Call 262-0903 or 237-1762.
* Feb. 25: High Plains Audubon Society of Cheyenne, Master Gardeners presentation on backyard birds. Call (307) 633-4383.
* March 8-9: Wyoming State Archery Association, State Indoor/NW Sectionals Shoot, Gillette, www.wyoming-archery.org.
* March 13: Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, photographic tour, "Wilderness in Wyoming: Don't Fence Me Out" with Erik Molvar. Call (307) 733-9417.
* March 28-29: Bowhunters of Wyoming Annual Winter Meeting and Awards Banquet. Call 634-7265, 632-3531 or (307) 655-9405.
* April 5-6: Audubon Wyoming, WMI wilderness first-aid and Wilderness First Responder courses in Laramie. Call (307) 756-3941.
* May 3: North Platte Walleyes Unlimited, Tough Man Tournament at Alcova Reservoir. Call (307) 473-2986.
Ski Resorts
* Today-Sunday: Jackson Hole, Steep & Deep Ski Camp 3
* Friday-Saturday: White Pine, Pinedale Invitational, Wyoming High School Alpine GS Race
* Saturday: Jackson Hole, Moose Chase Skate Race; Tele Madness
* Saturday: Snow King, Saturdaze in the Park; U.S. Collegiate Ski Races; Moose Chase Nordic Race; Teton Mountaineering Moose Chase
* Saturday-Wednesday: Grand Targhee, North American Ski Training Center Camp
* Sunday: Hogadon, Casper Mountain Racers Small World Cup
* Sunday: Jackson Hole, Coney Classic Fun-Jor
* Sunday-Feb. 17: White Pine, Wyoming Senior Winter Games
* Feb. 22-24: Jackson Hole, Dick's Ditch Banked Slalom
* Feb. 23: Jackson Hole, Tele Madness 2
* Feb. 23-24: White Pine, USSA Aerials and Mogul Competition
* Feb. 24: Jackson Hole, Sunday Skate Series
Wyoming Game and Fish
* Saturday: Green River Hunter Education Internet Field Day, 8:30 a.m. (online registration required)
* Feb. 14: Written and Web comments on Proposed Gray Wolf Regulations due in Casper office
* Feb. 14-15: Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Meeting, Hitching Post Inn in Cheyenne. Agenda includes black bear hunting seasons, the Devil's Canyon bighorn sheep project, a gray wolf management-status update, and chronic wasting disease, among other items.
* Feb. 29: Deadline for resident/nonresident moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat applications; deadline for resident/nonresident Wild Bison Priority List applications
* Feb. 29: Deadline to submit project proposals for FISH WYOMING program.