Backcountry safety
Members of Tacoma Mountain Rescue will give a presentation on backcountry safety in winter and summer; they’ll tell stories of common backcountry mistakes and how you can avoid making them; 7-8:15 p.m. Tuesday; REI, 3825 S. Steele St., Tacoma; free; register at rei.com/Tacoma.
Life of a river keeper
Darrel Martin will give a presentation “Forty years on the Itchen” to the Puget Sound Fly Fishers; the program is about Ron Wilton’s 40 years as river keeper and water baliff on the famed stream in southern England; 6 p.m. Thursday; Tower Lanes banquet room, 6323 Sixth Ave., Tacoma; an optional dinner ($15) is offered at 6:30 p.m.; psff.org.
Series sailing race
The four-part Southern Sound Series continues with the Toliva Shoal Race; this is the longest and often the most challenging race in the series; sponsored by Olympia Yacht Club and South Sound Sailing Society; Friday-Feb. 12; for details, go to ssssclub.com/ssss.htm.
Missions to the moon
John Pettit will give a presentation on “Apollo Missions to the Moon” during the Tacoma Astronomical Society’s public night program; there will be telescope viewing after presentation if the weather allows; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday; Olympic Building, Pierce College Fort Steilacoom campus; tas-online.org.
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