Outdoor Calendar for May 11, 2008

• By JOE MACALUSO
• Advocate Outdoors writer
• Published: May 11, 2008 - Page: 16C - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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SUNDAY
NATURE NATURALLY: 10 a.m., Tickfaw State Park, Springfield. Topics vary weekly. Also May 18, 25. Call (225) 294-2218.

BACKYARD HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE: Noon, Tickfaw State Park, Springfield. Learn to attract wildlife to backyards. Also May 18, 25. Call (225) 294-2218.

MONDAY
OPENING DAY-ZONE II SPRING INSHORE SHRIMP SEASON: Noon, from South Pass on the Mississippi River to the western shoreline of Vermilion Bay. Zones I & III open June 2. Closing day to be determined by state marine biologists.

RED STICK FLY FISHERS PROGRAM: 7 p.m. Meetings second Monday of every month, Louisiana Room, Wildlife and Fisheries headquarters, Quail Drive, Baton Rouge. Call Joe Kahler (225) 892-4352. Web site: http://rsff.org/.

WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COOKIE JAR BASS TOURNAMENT: 5 p.m.-dark, Canal Bank Club, Diversion Canal, Maurepas. Fee $40/boat. 5-bass limit.  Call Dave Cavell (225) 937-0046.

THURSDAY
FUN SHOOT & EAT: 4 p.m., Hunters’ Run Gun Club, Port Allen. Every Thursday. Call (225) 387-3507.

CCA-BATON ROUGE CHAPTER BANQUET: 5:30 p.m., The River Center, Baton Rouge. Free parking Centroplex garages. Tickets $50, $30 spouse, $25 youth, $500 tables. Call CCA-Louisiana (225) 952-9200.

FRIDAY
SHORELINE DISCOVERY: 3 p.m., Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville. Guided walk along Lake Pontchartrain. Also May 23, 30. Call (888) 677-3668.

FRIDAY NIGHT COOKIE JAR BASS SERIES: 7 p.m.-midnight, LA Express Landing, False River, Jarreau. Weekly through Sept. 12. Fee $30/boat. Call Guy Perkins (225) 293-3402.

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR: 7 p.m., Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville. Threatened & Endangered Animals series. Call (888) 677-3668.

NATURE AT NIGHT: 8 p.m., Tickfaw State Park, Springfield. Night swamp hike. Also 8 p.m. May 16, 23, 30. Call (888) 981-2020.

SATURDAY
FISHERS OF MEN BASS TOURNAMENT: Safe daylight-3 p.m., May 17, Lake Verret/Spillway, Doiron’s Landing, Stephensville. Fifth in series of six, pick-your-partner tournaments. Call Greg Schlumbrecht (985) 960-1709.

EXPLORE THE SHORE: 10 a.m., Fontainebleau State Park, Mandeville. Site ranger-led study, hike in and around marshes. Call (888) 677-3668.