WALLACE AND THE NORTH IDAHO PANHANDLE!

mAY 17 - 19,  2013

   Bob Strickland - Our tour guide into the Sierra Silver Mine at Wallace, Idaho

We bring you audio from the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association Conference in Wallace, Idaho this week!  We've got a great show for you to include interviews with:

Bob Strickland, a retired miner, takes us underground to demonstrate how modern mining works on the incredible Sierra Silver Mine Tour!

Rick Shaffer, the self-appointed Prime Minister of Wallace and the manager of the Wallce Inn, who dishes on the great outdoor reco opportunities available around this great town built on silver to include bicycling, fihsing, zip-lining, ATV riding and more!  www.thewallaceinn.com

Natalie Bartley, author of Best Rail Trails Pacific Northwest, shares the details on rides you can take on former rail lines throughout Idaho.  www.nataliebartleyoutdoors.com

Jennifer Straughn stops running long enough to tell us about the 50 mile Trail Rail Run coming up in June that has you running from Mullan, Idaho to St. Regis, Montana!  www.trailrailrun.com

and Craig Wicks, owner of Blue Goose Sporting Goods in St. Maries, Idaho, shows off his great store to us while providing us a fresh fishing report! 

Want more?  How about big news about some big sporting goods stores opening up in the NW, an invitation to join Kelsey Hilderbrand for a family friendly archery shoot over Memorial Day on Crosshairs and an interview on how to deal with bears courtesy of David Sparks on Sportsman's Spotlight! 

After taking all of that in you'll feel like a squirrel with full cheeks!

BTW - We've got our most recently show uploaded for you on our "Tune in Now" page, just in case you missed it!

WIN A PAIR OF LEUPOLD BINOCULARS!

We've got a new sponsor and a new giveaway thanks to the fine folks at Leupold from Beaverton, Oregon!  We are giving away a pair of Cascade BX-2 Binoculars at the end of the month.  Here's how to enter for your chance to win:

1. "Like" the Leupold Optics and Northwestern Outdoors Radio Facebook Page

2.  Guess where you can see the animal(s) pictured in the photo.  One guess per day please but don't worry, we'll drop some hints in the days ahead.

3. Everyone who guesses correctly gets an entry.  The contest starts when we post the photo on Facebook on May 1st.  We'll pick one lucky winner from our correct guessing entries at the end of May!

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About Northwestern Outdoors Radio

John Kruse is the host of Northwestern Outdoors Radio, the award-winning, hour long show broadcast 50 times every week on 40 stations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana to include markets surrounding Boise, Eugene, Spokane, Portland, Tacoma, the Tri-Cities, Medford, Billings, Helena, Great Falls and of course, Wenatchee, Washington where we started our show at out flagship station - AM 560 KPQ.

Northwestern Outdoors focuses not only on fishing and hunting in the Northwestern United States, but also on all sorts of other outdoor recreation topics like wildlife watching, conservation issues, camping, hiking, horseback riding, paddling, bicycling, natural history and more! 

John Kruse is a veteran outdoors writer and is also the author of the award-winning book, "Great Places Washington", a guidebook to outdoor recreation in the Evergreen State, published by Wilderness Adventures Press.

Take care, God Bless and enjoy the show!

John Kruse

Member - Northwest Outdoor Writers Association

Member - Outdoor Writers Association of America

Pro Staff Member - Mack's Lure Company