"Gas plans divide Central Pennsylvania community"

"The tension between drillers in Pennsylvania's gas-rich Marcellus shale
and communities trying protect natural resources has reached a fevered
pitch in Clinton County, where a zoning hearing board resigned rather
than allow a water withdrawal station at a scenic bend of the West
Branch of the Susquehanna River that draws kayakers, hang gliders,
hunters and fly fishermen."
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_701358.html

I thought the article was interesting because it's about protecting a "natural area(s)", not the usual objections because of possible water well contamination, road damage, etc   Is there any public land in TC that you think should be off limits for Marcellus shale development?  What about parts of your own property?

Note: Anadarko must not have done their homework if they thought messing with Hyner View would go unnoticed..  They'd have found that the military had (unsuccessfully) attempted to include it in the Antler MOA (low level jet training) in the early 1990s. 

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Permalink Reply by William Ladd on September 27, 2010 at 8:52am
OH MY GOODNESS JOSIE! My computer is red hot from your words.

But I do have to agree with you anyway. It has always been that way and the lawmakers always stick it to the hard working folks who only want a decent living for his family.

Thank you for all the digging you are doing to help us deal with the landmen and O&G companies

Bill L.
aka Bummy
Permalink Reply by William Ladd on September 29, 2010 at 12:51pm
Josie, I think you are doing a real good job keeping us informed. You seem to have the expertise to direct us to these important new facts concerning Marcellus drilling.

Bill L
aka Bummy
Permalink Reply by Lynn Wigglesworth on September 29, 2010 at 1:14pm
It seems to me that it's up to the individual landowners whether THEY are into slash and burn money making. The previous owner of my farm clear-cut the entire ridge...it now has huge erosion gullies and brambles where it should be productive forest. There are some 20-year-old trees, but it will be many years before it's a handsome forest like my neighbor's land. Some people just aren't good stewards of their land if there is any money to be made.

I must say, though, that I've seen the 'after' of gas wells. Even with a boiler-plate lease, the company (East) did a nice reclamation job.,,a hayfield, regraded, reseeded...you have to look hard to find the wellhead.
Permalink Reply by Lynn Wigglesworth on September 29, 2010 at 2:19pm
There are laws in place about testing well water, regrading/replanting the land, etc...by law they can't pollute everything and leave a total mess (the sites I've seen were kept neat during drilling and nicely reclaimed after...maybe nicer than the law requires...doing it right is cheap compared to getting really bad publicity...look at the mess Cabot is in).
Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on September 29, 2010 at 2:32pm
Just having laws doesn't mean much. It's whether/not they're enforced. PA has a Highway Beautification Act that allows for growing wildflowers and some shrubs/trees within the road right-of-way. That doesn't stop PennDOT from hosing them down with herbicide every other year. And the E&S, stormwater, and stream encroachment laws are minimally enforced when it come to logging, roads, and utility r-o-ws. The DEP is enforcing these laws during the gas development phase, but it remains to be seen what they'll do about reclamation (including pipelines).
Permalink Reply by Ann Ticopa on September 29, 2010 at 1:59pm
Lynn: Agreed! To some extent the gascos and their contractors will take their cue from what they find when they come into an area. If local landowners obviously don't care, why should they?

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