KENNEWICK -- The Richland Rod and Gun Club will hold its general meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Vice president Jeff Gardner will present tips and techniques for coyote hunting in winter. Chairman Richard Sharp will discuss bank fishing for winter steelhead at Charboneau Park and McNary Dam. Member Mike Estes will talk about cold weather survival while duck hunting.

The meeting will be at the Elks Lodge in Kennewick, 15 S. Colorado St. The public is welcome.

Audubon Society monthly bird walk set for Saturday

RICHLAND -- The Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society's monthly bird walk will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at Bateman Island.

Interested folks should meet at Wye Park above the causeway to Bateman Island.

Beginning birders are encouraged to join the group. Expert birders are encouraged to come along to provide expertise for new watchers.

Participants are asked to bring binoculars and dress appropriately for the weather.

For more information about the audubon society, go to lcbas.org.

Montana group pushes wolf hunting with raffle

HAMILTON, Mont. -- A southwestern Montana sportsmen's group is hoping to encourage wolf hunting in the Bitterroot Valley by holding a drawing for a rifle from among the names of those who successfully bag a wolf this month.

The drawing is an effort to fill quotas set for wolves in two areas where elk populations have been declining, Ravalli County Fish and Wildlife Association President Tony Jones told the Ravalli Republic.

The sportsmen's group is holding a drawing for a .223-caliber rifle among hunters who kill a wolf in the southern Bitterroot Valley after today and choose to enter the drawing.