Tickets available for Friends of NRA fete
Tickets remain available for the annual Southwest Washington Friends of the National Rifle Association banquet scheduled for March 19 at the Clark County Event Center. The event begins at 4 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.
Tickets cost $55 per person.
Raffles and games plus silent and live auctions are scheduled. Many rifles, shotguns and pistols will be available.
To buy a ticket, call 360-687-7462 or email swwfnra@gmail.com.
Boating safety, marine radio classes set
Registration is open for a pair of boating safety classes on Feb. 27 in Vancouver.
A basic boating safety class will be offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron and Clark County Marine Patrol from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the Clark County Public Works Maintenance and Operations Conference Center, 4700 N.E. 78th St. Room B-1.
The class will cost $10 per person. The class is designed to prepare boaters to earn their Washington or Oregon boater safety card. A class about VHF marine radio will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the same location. It too will cost $10 per boater.
To register, call 360-574-5044 or 360-609-2630. To register online, go to http://a1300708.wow.uscgaux.info.
Comments sought on hunting regulations
OLYMPIA — Written comments will be accepted through Feb. 25 on proposed recommendations for the 2016-2017 hunting seasons in Washington. The proposals and comment forms are online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/about/regulations/hunting_regulations.
Most of the proposals address changes in special permit levels that were not included in the broader 2015-17 hunting plan approved by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission last year, said Mick Cope, department game manager. Two proposals included in the three-year plan are available again for public comment. One relates to cougar-hunting seasons and the other to the use of bait when hunting deer and elk.
Applications due for spring bear hunt
OLYMPIA — Sportsmen must purchase and submit applications by Feb. 29 if they want a spring black bear hunting in Washington.
A drawing will be held in mid-March for 345 permits in Western Washington and 509 permits in Eastern Washington. Permit winners will receive notification in the mail no later than March 31. Applicants also may check the results of the drawing at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting.
To apply, hunters must buy a special permit application and a 2016 hunting license that includes bear as a species option. Hunting licenses, bear transport tags and bear permit applications may be bought online at http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov or at 866-246-9453.
