International Sportsmen's Exposition
Where: San Mateo Event Center and Sacramento's Cal Expo
When: Today-Sunday and Jan. 15-18
California's largest outdoors show returns to the Bay Area this weekend before heading to Sacramento the next.
Each event is filled with thousands of square feet of fishing, hunting and boating products and experts, along with extras like four-wheel drive test tracks, splash dogs, numerous seminars and demonstrations, bass aquariums and programs designed especially for kids.
Fresno will not be hosting its own sports show this year, so interested locals will want to make the 3-hour drive. Of the two expos, Sacramento's is larger and more diverse.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $7 for youths ages 13-17. Children 12 and younger are free. Check www.sportsexpos.com for times, directions and details.
News & notes
Visit Smith Basin, site of a 19th-century San Joaquin River homestead, on Saturday during a guided, 8-mile hike with the Sierra Foothill Conservancy. Sign up by calling (559) 855-3473 or go to www.sierrafoothill.org. A $5 donation is suggested for non-members. Hikes also are scheduled Jan. 17 and 18.
Chris Acree, executive director of Revive the San Joaquin, will give a presentation on that organization's work at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday during the monthly meeting of Fresno Audubon. Programs are at the University of California Center, 550 E. Shaw Ave. in Fresno.
Sierra Summit is offering an introductory telemark skiing clinic Saturday. Details: (559) 233-2500.
Bald eagle tours at Millerton Lake begin Saturday and continue every weekend through March 1. Cost is $15 per person, or $350 for a special group tour. Register by calling (559) 822-2332.
The Fresno Pro/Am Disc Golf Tournament will be Jan. 17 at Woodward Park. Details: www.fresnodiscgolf.com.
Sierra Multisport Productions has announced its 2009 event schedule: Spring Fling Duathlon (March 22), Millerton Lake Triathlon (April 18), Millerton Mile Open Water Swim (May 11) and Shaver Lake Triathlon (Sept. 27). Details: www.sierramultisport.com.
According to Fish and Game's excellent Q&A column written by biologist Carrie Wilson, bobcats cannot breed with feral cats. Now that's a relief.
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