HUNTING– A Sportsman’s Symposium focusing on hunting and fishing issues is set for 7 p.m. Thursday Aug. 16, at the North Central High School Auditorium, sponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter of Safari Club International.

Guest speakers include Nelson Freeman, SCI’s government affairs director in Washington, D.C., and Dick Leland, district director for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

Topics Freeman plans to highlight in a town hall meeting format include:

• Federal public lands policy, including the Forest Service planning rule, the roadless rule and Bureau of Land Management sport shooting policies.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service policies limiting hunting on national wildlife refuges.
• Hunter participation in national elections.

Info: www.inlandempiresci.org