Safeguarding the Northeast’s Hunting and Fishing Heritage

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Podcast & Blast with Hal Herring

Zack Williams

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

4.6 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 137 minutes

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Summary

The Northeast is the most densely populated part of our country, and is rich in opportunities for hunting, fishing, hiking and camping, due to an extensive network of public lands and the massively successful wildlife restorations and legislation to clean up rivers and reclaim the industrial and mining mishaps of the past.

None of our outdoor pursuits exist here by accident or by luck. The hunting and fishing, the habitat, the access that they depend upon, is the result of work inspired by a passion for making sure that something wonderful can go on and on, in the face of ever increasing challenges.

Join us for a conversation with two BHA guys on the front lines, Lake Champlain’s Brian Bird, rural New York-state native, PhD in geology, hunter, angler, and professional meatcutter, and Chris Borgatti, Eastern Policy and Conservation director, based in coastal Massachusetts on the Great Marsh, teacher, hunter, fisherman, surfer and endurance athlete. Let’s talk brook trout, biodiversity, public lands and state agencies, family, hunting, and making sure that it goes on.

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0:00.0	Y'all are in the heart of, I mean, Teddy Roosevelt.
0:09.7	I mean, this is where people almost first saw the light, right?
0:14.8	Yeah.
0:15.3	Adirondacks, cat skills, and part of the light was because they had taken so much.
0:19.6	Yeah.
0:19.8	But another of it was just really that there were a lot of smart people.
0:26.6	Strategically, we need to be thinking about in the Northeast,
0:30.7	about issues that directly impact hunting and fishing or access,
0:36.2	but might not be obvious to the everyday hunter.
0:41.0	But historically, we look at it, you know, and there's certainly a lot more deer than there was
0:45.6	100 years ago.
0:46.6	Yeah, the rivers are cleaner.
0:47.9	The rivers are cleaner and all that.
0:49.3	You've got some incredible dam removals out there, too.
0:53.4	They don't just become hunters as, you know, when they come through us, they come through
0:57.8	our circles and our programs.
0:59.4	They become conservationists.
1:01.5	And ambassadors.
1:03.2	Hey, everybody.
1:04.4	It's Hal Herring, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Podcast and Blast.
1:08.0	Thanks for being here.
1:09.8	Hey, I am proud to announce we have a new sponsor for our
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