FRESH AIR CALENDAR
› Remaining dove hunting seasons: Through Jan. 15 in Georgia; Dec. 8-Jan. 15 in Tennessee; half-hour before sunrise till sunset; daily limit 15 per hunter, not counting collared doves. › Deer firearms season:
Through Jan. 6 in Tennessee, 2 antlerless per day in Unit A, 1 in Units B & D, 1 antlered per day, 2 per license year; through Jan. 13 in Georgia, season limit of 10 anterless & 2 antlered. › Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails
Assn. hikes: Saturday, North Chickamauga Creek Gorge, 8.2 miles from Pocket Wilderness trailhead to Stevenson Branch waterfall & back (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy-Daisy; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654); Tuesday, Fiery Gizzard, Grundy day loop, about 3 miles, option to Sycamore Falls (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City in Red Bank; call Donna Pyers at 352-812-4845); Dec. 1, Cumberland Trail from Little Soddy trailhead to Big Soddy Creek bridge & back, moderately strenuous 8 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call McElhone at 805-2084654); Dec. 4, Soak Creek Trail & Stinging Fork Falls near Spring City, easy to moderate 3-4 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Durham Street lot; call Earl Helmer at 770-877-0600).
› Cumberland Trail hiking series: Dec.
1, 1-4:30 p.m., mostly downhill 4-7 miles; free but advance registration required through info@ outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.
› Rapid Learning intro to kayak & skills practice: Dec. 4 & Jan. 8, 7-8 or 8-9 p.m., Hulsey Wellness Center at Southern Adventist University; family-friendly for ages 8-up; $75 for individual year’s membership, $125 for family; first-timers free; equipment provided, reservations not required. Email info@outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
› Interscholastic Climbing League: Dec. 8, High Point downtown; Dec. 15, site TBA; second & third of six 2018-19 meets at three local climbing centers; grades 6-12. Contact Outdoor Chattanooga at info@outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.
› Local Tennessee Ornithological Society meeting: Dec. 13, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockturf@epbfi.com or 413-7033.
› Kayak trip to view Sandhill cranes: Dec. 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., around perimeter of Hiwassee Island with Outdoor Chattanooga guides; 14- & 16-foot sea touring kayaks provided by OC, as well as transportation from Greenway Farm or Dayton to the site near Birchwood; $45, advance payment required. Email info@ outdoorchattanooga.com or call 643-6888.
› Chattanooga Bicycle Club meeting: Dec. 17, 6-7 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; for recreational cyclists.
› Wauhatchie Trail Race: Dec. 19, 9:30 a.m., 6.7 miles on dirt/gravel roads & trails on lower slopes of Lookout Mountain from nature center; handicapped by age & gender, beginning with 80-older females at 9:30 & going through 10:15 start for 2529 males; $10 through midnight Dec. 13 at racectc.org; then $15. See www. chattanoogatrackclub.org.