Outdoors Calendar
Published 1:14 pm Saturday, January 23, 2010
Adopt-A-Stream Foundation: Northwest Stream Center, McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; www.streamkeeper.org.
“White Birds of Winter” presentation, 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28; $5 AASF members, $7 nonmembers, open to fifth-grade students through adults; advance ticket purchase required through 425-316-8592.
BIKES rides: Various starting locations; www.bikesclub.org.
Meet at 10 a.m. Jan. 23, Paine Field Community Park, 11928 Beverly Park Road; approximately 38-mile ride; food stop planned; 425-478-9594; ice, snow, steady rain cancel.
Meet for mostly 10 a.m. starts on Mondays, Haller Middle School, 600 E. First St., Arlington; 25- to 35-mile routes; rain cancels; call 425-737-8445 the day before each ride, or by 9 a.m. day of ride, to confirm start time.
Cascade Bicycle Club: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Building 138, Seattle; 206-522-3222; www.cascade.org.
Meet at 9 a.m. Jan. 27, ride from Logboom Park, 6100 NE 175th St., Kenmore through Redmond; 35 to 40 miles; ice or snow cancels; 206-525-4714.
Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project: Monthly meetings at Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds, unless otherwise noted; 425-771-0230; www.edmondsbackyardwildlifehabitat.org. Unless otherwise noted, attendance is free and all are welcome.
Puget Sound Bird Fest social and planning meeting, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 28.
Edmonds Parks &Recreation: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-0230; www.reczone.org.
Nooksack River raft trip, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 30; call 425-771-0230 for Mount Baker Highway meeting place and other trip details; $87, $77 for ages 12 and under; sign up prior to Jan. 30.
Lake Stevens Rowing Club: Boathouse is behind Lake Stevens Library, 1804 Main St., Lake Stevens; 888-769-5772; www.lakestevensrowing.com.
“Try Rowing,” 7 to 9 a.m. Jan. 23, North Cove, off Main Street, Lake Stevens; ages 12 and up; free.
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: 2930 Wetmore Ave., Suite 3A (Everett office): 425-783-6000; www.fs.fed.us/R6/mbs. See individual listings for details like starting points. Make reservations for Snoqualmie Pass events at 425-434-6111. For Stevens Pass, call 360-677-2414.
Kids in the Snow, 1 p.m. Jan. 24, Feb. 20, March 20, Snoqualmie Pass; for all ages; $10.
Mukilteo Yacht Club: Meets 6:30 p.m. fourth Tuesdays, year-round, Old Garage, 807 Second St., Mukilteo; new members welcome, subject to space availability; 425-315-0535.
O’Laughlin Trade Shows: 503-246-8291; www.otshows.com.
2010 Washington Sportsmen’s Show, noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27 through 31, Puyallup Fairgrounds, 110 Ninth Ave. SW; $5 and $10, free ages 5 and under; 503-246-8291; www.otshows.com.
Over-the-Hill-Hikers: Various times on Thursdays, South County Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds; unless otherwise noted, trips cost $13 for senior center members and $16 for nonmembers. To sign up, first-time participants call 425-513-9374; others call 425-774-5555; www.scscedmonds.org.
Beaver Creek Loop/Big Four picnic area trip, 8 a.m. Jan. 28, meet at United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St., Edmonds; limited to nine participants; sign up early.
Pilchuck Audubon Society: Details at 360-563-0181, 360-435-3750, unless otherwise noted; www.pilchuckaudubon.org.
Meet at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 26, Quil Ceda Village Wal-Mart for Camano Island trip; pack a lunch.
WSU Skagit County Extension: 11768 Westar Lane, Suite A, Burlington; 360-428-4270, ext. 240; www.skagit.wsu.edu.
Country Living Expo and Cattlemen’s winterschool, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 30, Stanwood High School, 7400 272nd St. NW, Stanwood; topics include fruit tree maintenance, giant pumpkin and vegetable growing, greenhouse building, raising and processing pastured poultry, specialty canning, cider making, spinning, weaving and others; registration $55; 360-428-4270, ext. 0.
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