Outdoors

Gulf and Bay calendar

By RODNEY PAGE, Times Staff Writer
Published January 4, 2008

January

Mark your calendars

6 Last day of fall turkey season in the Central Zone.

8 New moon.

9 Eight-week saltwater fishing class begins with Rick Frazier. (727) 510-4376.

10 If you have a lawn and garden question, or just need advice on how to landscape or garden, stop by Brooker Creek Preserve from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A Pinellas County horticulture agent will be there to answer your questions free of charge.

11 Take a nightlife hike at Weedon Island Preserve and see what creeps around the swamp while you sleep. Hike is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

12 Mirror Lake volunteer cleanup, 9 a.m.-noon. Call (727) 827-1432..e_SClB

16 How to use a chart seminar, conducted by the St. Petersburg Sail and Power Squadron. (727) 363-8016.

19 Those boats off the St. Petersburg Pier are part of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club's Southeast Junior Team Championships. They race on Sunday also.

20 Last day of general gun hunting season in the Central Zone.

21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

22 Full moon.

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