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This page is a regular weekly feature focusing on Florida outdoors adventures and upcoming events. If you would like to add to this listing, email scocking@MiamiHerald.com or fax to 305-376-2295.


•  The Happy Hoofers chapter of the Florida Trail Association will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Fern Forest Nature Center, 201 Lyons Rd., S., Coconut Creek. Guest speaker is Carmel Severson of Pro Panther. Call Kay at 954-609-4727.

•  Divers, beach walkers and snorkelers are invited to participate in the 36th annual Waterway Cleanup on Saturday at 26 sites around Broward County. Call Lacie Randall at 954-524-2733 or visit www.watercleanup.org.

•  Sign up for the Yamaha Contender Miami Billfish Tournament on April 4-6 out of Miami Beach Marina. There will be a one-day “outboard-only’’ contest April 6 and the two-day main event April 5-6. Entry fees are $1,600 per boat for the billfish division; $495 per boat for the one-day tournament; $500 for the funfish division only. Visit www.miamibillfish.com.

•  The West Palm Beach Fishing Club will hold a yard sale April 13 from 7 a.m. to noon at the clubhouse, 201 Fifth St., West Palm Beach. Call 561-832-6780. fishingclub.org.

•  The Pompano Beach Offshore Anglers Club will meet April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Sands Harbor, 125 N. Riverside Dr., Pompano Beach. Guest speaker is George Poveromo, field editor at Salt Water Sportsman magazine and TV show host. Call Debbie at 954-868-0681.

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    State and federal fisheries managers will hold four public workshops in South Florida in July and August to get your input on marine fish issues unique to this region. Members of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic fishery management councils will host the sessions, featuring topics such as whether to manage yellowtail and mutton snapper regionally or separately in state and federal waters. Meetings will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. July 29 at the IGFA Hall of Fame & Museum in Dania Beach; July 30 at the Murray E. Nelson Government Center in Key Largo; July 31 at Key Colony Beach City Hall; and Aug. 1 at Harvey Government Center in Key West. For more information, email Marine@myFWC.com.

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