Ep. 142 - Ashley Peters - Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

Outdoors, Wilderness, Sports, Fishing, Outdoor, Hunting, Sports & Recreation

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 102 minutes

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BHA Podcast & Blast, Ep. 142: Ashley Peters, communications director, Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society

Ashley Peters grew up in rural Iowa, in a landscape of cornfields and monoculture agriculture. Looking for a wilder and wider life, she found her way to U.S. Forest Service trail jobs in the Minnesota Boundary Waters and in Alaska, to a degree in communications, and to conservation work ranging from the gator-bellowing swamps of Louisiana to the woodcock and grouse popple of the upper Midwest. Hal and Ashley talk the deep engagement and beginners' mindset of adult-onset hunting and fishing, the challenges of finding one's way to one's passions, and the swiftly-changing world of conservation, climate, wildlife diversity, and the business of somehow communicating it all clearly to a sometimes skeptical and indifferent public.

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0:00.0	You know wildlife isn't necessarily the first thing that gets talked about when it comes to forest management
0:06.2	especially on like national forest lands where the original mandate for those lands was not necessarily wildlife management.
0:16.4	Instead of like, you know, old growth is just cordoned off over in this one spot and the
0:21.2	young forest is way over on the other area trying to get a good mix of age classes and species to create resiliency for that forest because you want new trees coming up, you want old growth there for the
0:36.0	wildlife that need that, and for carbon storage. The thing that I really love about anybody that has kind of an eye towards the outdoors and
0:45.4	conservation is that perspective of legacy of leaving something for people
0:51.5	beyond yourself.
0:52.8	Hey everybody, Hal hearing, backcountry hunters and anglers
0:58.1	podcast and blasts. Hey I really wanted to thank Filsen for his long support of this podcast.
1:05.2	Without Filsen, I don't get to do what I want to do with it.
1:09.4	And I've had a mighty good time over the last couple years thanks to their support.
1:14.8	So I'd ask everybody to check out, Filson.com or your local outdoor retailers. If you know the history is for 125 years,
1:25.7	Philson's uncompromising commitment to quality
1:28.2	has defined their brand and their authenticity. They have built trust within that community to become more than just a clothing brand.
1:37.0	They are the stewards of an American outdoor tradition.
1:40.0	So if you look at old photos of the Alaskan Gold Rush and on through the 1900s, you'll see that
1:48.6	Filson has always produced some of the best wool products available anywhere and that tradition is carried on.
1:57.1	Check it out. There's new versions of the old proven wool cruiser jackets,
2:02.4	the wool vests, they got the old jacket shirt. wool cruiser
2:03.7	the wool vest. They got the old jacket shirts or jackshirts for anglers.
2:08.4	Fils' line of waterproof dry bags will keep all your gear
2:11.5	organized and dry.
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