Outdoors calendar
Today
n Final day of the World Fishing and Outdoor Expo from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rockland County Community College, Suffern.
Tuesday
n State of Lake Ontario meeting number one from 7 to10 p.m. at Oswego County BOCES, 179 County Route 64, Mexico. Call Dan Bishop at 607-753-3095 for more information. Open to the public.
Wednesday
n State of Lake Ontario meeting number two from 7 to10 p.m. at the Imaging Sciences Auditorium in the Chester F. Carlson Building, Rochester Institute of Technology in Monroe County. Call Web Pearsall for more information at 585-226-5339. Open to the public.
n Final day of the South Area Canada goose season. Snow goose season will continue in the Western Zone through April 15.
n Iroquois Arms Collectors Association will hold their monthly meeting at the Amvets Post No. 26, 600 Ward Road, North Tonawanda. For more information, call Ken Mottorn at 434-7110.
n Rapids Rod & Gun Club general membership meeting starting at 7 p.m. at the Rapids Volunteer Fire Hall, Rapids Rd., Lockport.
Thursday
n Opening day of the 20th Annual Western New York Sport and Travel Expo at the Erie County Fairgrounds, Hamburg. Show hours are noon to 8 p.m. and runs through Sunday. For more information, check out www.sportandtravelexpo.com/wny/ for a complete list of seminar speakers. Cost is $8 for adults and kids under 10 are free.
n Lake Ontario Trout and Salmon Association will have their monthly meeting starting at 7 p.m. at the 4-H Building of Cornell Cooperative Extension Niagara in Lockport. Check out www.lotsa.org for details.
Friday
n Day two of the 20th Annual Western New York Sport and Travel Expo.
Saturday
n Day three of the 20th Annual Western New York Sport and Travel Expo.
n Pheasants Forever Banquet at Classics V, 2425 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst . Doors open at 5 p.m. For more information, call David Kerns at 433-3547.
Sunday
n Final day of the 20th Annual Western New York Sport and Travel Expo.
Outdoors
OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published March 7
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- It's tourney time on local waterways
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Outdoors Calendar published March 28
A listing of outdoors-related events for this week.
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Lake Ontario is top destination for Empire anglers
There were 78,000 boat trips on Lake Ontario in 2009, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Outdoors Calendar published March 21
Outdoors-related events for this week.
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HILTS: Dealing with public perceptions not easy to handle
Ever since those stocking cuts, it’s been a constant battle to deal with that one issue — the perception that people had that all stocking was eliminated in the lake.
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Clearing of creeks should make for better fishing
Many of the smaller streams are already fishable and the larger creeks will probably be on fire by this weekend.
- FISH FORECAST: Mild weather, rain bring in fresh fish
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published March 7
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HILTS: State releases deer, bear figures
While I don’t have any first-hand experience from last year’s big game season due to some health issues, I heard enough comments from the peanut gallery to think that hunting action for whitetail deer was off, down and marginal at best.
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published Feb. 21
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