Recreation
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Next week, March 18 to 24, is a great time to take a boating safety course.
Why? It’s perfect timing just before the start of the boating and fishing season and the week-long “Spring Aboard” public service campaign makes it easy for boaters to take a boating safety course.
The educational effort is a partnership of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), government, and nonprofit partners including the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water.
The BoatUS Foundation offers a no-cost NASBLA and state-approved online boating safety course for 36 states at www.BoatUS.org/Free.
The course fits into busy schedules, allowing boaters to stop, and then start again where they left off any time of day or night, and is loaded with interactive animations, videos and photos to give boaters an education that goes well beyond the basics of boating.
Upon successful passage course takers can easily print their state’s proof of completion.
More than 1.4 million boaters have taken the foundation’s courses since 1997.
US Coast Guard statistics indicate that of the accidents where the level of operator education was known, 80 percent of boating deaths occurred on boats where the boat operator had never received boating education instruction.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Come join Clear Lake State Park docent Billy Gear on the morning of Saturday, March 17, for the park’s monthly nature walk.
The two-hour walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Visitor Center parking lot and will be a slow walk along Cole Creek, Kelsey Creek and Kelsey Creek Slough.
The walk will cover about one mile of paved road and established trails.
Gear will be pointing out wildlife, flora, fauna and native uses of plants along the trail.
Participants should wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars and water.
Rain will cancel the walk.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
Entry into the park is free for those participating in the walk.
Anyone having special needs should contact the Clear Lake State Park Kiosk seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information call 707-279-4293.
The two-hour walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Visitor Center parking lot and will be a slow walk along Cole Creek, Kelsey Creek and Kelsey Creek Slough.
The walk will cover about one mile of paved road and established trails.
Gear will be pointing out wildlife, flora, fauna and native uses of plants along the trail.
Participants should wear sturdy shoes and bring binoculars and water.
Rain will cancel the walk.
Clear Lake State Park is located at 5300 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville.
Entry into the park is free for those participating in the walk.
Anyone having special needs should contact the Clear Lake State Park Kiosk seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information call 707-279-4293.
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