The Outdoor Calendar is a directory of upcoming outdoor events. Have your group's next event listed here for free. Space is limited. 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

Today

* Murie Audubon Society of Casper, Bate's Hole Christmas Bird Count at 7:30 a.m. Call 473-2512.

Today and Tuesday

* Lost Arrow Archers paper league shoots at Stuckenhoff's Sporting Complex. (www.lostarrowarchers.com)

Saturday

* Cheyenne-High Plains Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count. Call Greg Johnson at (307) 634-1056.

Sunday and Monday

* Lost Arrow Archers 3-D league shoots at Stuckenhoff's Sporting Complex. (www.lostarrowarchers.com)

Jan. 17-18

* Wyoming State Archery Association, State Vegas Tournament at Stuckenhoff's. Call (307) 527-9204.

Jan. 30-Feb. 1

* Great Rockies Sportshow, Casper Events Center. (www.greatrockiessportshow.com)

Wyoming Game and Fish

Today

* Big game application periods begin for nonresident elk, deer and antelope.

* Resident and nonresident application period begins for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat.

* Begin accepting artwork for Conservation Stamp art contest.

Sunday

* Last day of National Elk Refuge bison hunts.

Jan. 14

* Public meeting, 7 p.m. at the Casper office to present a proposal to eliminate the leftover big game license drawing process.

Jan. 17-18

* Burbotfest II, annual ice fishing for burbot (ling) get-together at Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Call (307) 875-3225, ext. 256.

Jan. 20

* Public meetings, 7 p.m. at the Green River, Lander and Laramie offices; 3 p.m. at the Sheridan office; and 4 p.m. at the Pinedale office to present a proposal to eliminate the leftover big game license drawing process.

Jan. 21

* Public meeting, 7 p.m. in Cody at the Park County Courthouse, Barling Room, to present a proposal to eliminate the leftover big game license drawing process.

Jan. 22

* Public meeting, 7 p.m. at the Jackson office to present a proposal to eliminate the leftover big game license drawing process.

Feb. 6

* Extended deadline to submit public comments on the draft update of the document, "Recommendations for Development of Oil and Gas Resources within Crucial and Important Wildlife Habitat. The draft revised document is available at http://gf.state.wy.us/oilandgas/index.asp. Written comments should be sent to Scott Gamo, Wyoming Game and Fish Dept., 5400 Bishop Blvd, Cheyenne, WY 82006 or electronically to scott.gamo@wgf.state.wy.us.