Eastern Conservation

Chesapeake Energy is putting extra effort into pitching Marcellus Shale development as a clean, prosperous path to energy independence.

A few hundred yards from Louis Matoushek's farmhouse is a well that could soon produce not only natural gas, but a drilling boom in the wild and scenic Delaware River watershed.

A key section of Horton Brook known for trout spawning area has been stored.

How logging, fish stocking, acid rain, and other man-made calamities nearly wiped out an Adirondack icon: the wild brookie.

In a unanimous vote, Trout Unlimited’s (TU) West Virginia Council voted in favor of a moratorium on natural gas leasing in the Monongahela National Forest.

There is no disagreement that the state needs to do a better job of regulating the flow and health of its rivers and streams...

A caucus of 37 "green dog" and "hunting dog" legislators is barking mad about a Rendell administration budget proposal that would seek to raise $180 million by leasing more state forest land for Marcellus shale gas well drilling.

The inside story of Ed Rendell's plot to pillage Pennsylvania's forests, consequences be damned.

State fishery officials will launch a five-year study aimed at establishing a hardier, more adaptive brown trout population.