Outdoors calendar

  • Friday, September 26, 2008 5:13pm
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Cascade Bicycle Club: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Building 138, Seattle; 206-522-3222, www.cascade.org.

10 a.m. Sept. 27 start, Jack Block Park, West Seattle; 30 miles; steady rain cancels; 425-747-5273.

Edmonds Backyard Wildlife Habitat Project: Monthly meetings, dates and times vary, Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds, unless otherwise noted; 425-771-0230, www.edmondsbackyardwildlifehabitat.org. Attendance is free, and all are welcome. 7 p.m. Oct. 2, tree frogs and native plants.

Greg’s Custom Fishing Rods: 12405 20th St. NE, Lake Stevens; 425-335-1391, www.gregscustomrods.com.

Rod-building class, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Oct. 17 through 22; $30 for whole series, plus purchase of rod blank and components; registration required; 425-335-1391.

Fly-tying class, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 30 through Nov. 20, $50 for whole series, includes use of tools and supplies; registration required; 425-335-1391.

Lynnwood Parks and Recreation: 5800 198th St. SW, Lynnwood; 425-670-5050, www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us. Hiking and kayaking trips, various lengths and elevations, for those ages 55 and older; meet at the Lynnwood Senior Center, 5800 198th St. SW; most cost $16 members, $21 nonmembers, call for details.

Bastyr tour and hike, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 30.

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: 2930 Wetmore Ave., Ste. 3A (Everett office); 425-783-6000, fs.fed.us/R6/mbs. Events do not start at Everett office location; see individual listings. Expect 60-minute road construction delays on Forest Service road 12 (Loomas Nooksack Road), mile post 0.0 to 3.6 (junction with road 13, Schriebers Meadow Road), through Oct. 11.

9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27, volunteers sought to restore Mount Pilchuck Lookout Trail; meet at trailhead on Pilchuck road No. 42, east of Granite Falls; 206-220-4140.

North Cascades Institute: 810 Highway 20, Sedro-Woolley; 360-856-5700, ext. 209, www.ncascades.org. Listed prices for overnight events include meals and lodging. Events take place at North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, 1940 Diablo Dam Road, North Cascades National Park, Sedro-Woolley unless otherwise noted.Registration requested.

Skagit Valley harvest tour, Sept. 28, $125.

Pilchuck Audubon Society: 360-563-0181, 360-435-3750, www.pilchuckaudubon.org.

7:30 a.m. Sept. 30, meet at Quil Ceda Village Wal-Mart for Camano Island trip; pack a lunch.

Wolf Camp Cooperative: 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday workshops, various locations, 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday workshops at Wolf Camp on Woods Lake, near Monroe. Registration required, $20 suggested donation each workshop, $15 per additional family member; 360-799-1997, www.wolfcamp.com.

WSU Snohomish County Extension: McCollum Park, 600 128th St. SE, Everett; 425-338-2400, ext. 5500, www.snohomish.wsu.edu.

Farmer-to-Farmer lecture series, 10 a.m. various Mondays through Oct. 6; $15 per person, registration required; 425-338-2400.

To submit an item for the Outdoors calendar, e-mail features@heraldnet.com or send it to [“]Outdoors Calendar,” The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.

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