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Pennsylvania should protect its remaining state lands from drilling

01/27/2012
Pennlive.com
By Bob Pennell

As our state constitution declares, Pennsylvania's natural resources are the common property of all the people, including future generations. It is up to the governor and his administration, as trustee of these resources, to conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.

National Wildlife Federation Joins the Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation

Date: 
11/14/2011

Contact:
Erin Mooney, Trout Unlimited, emooney@tu.org - (571) 331-7970
Mékell Mikel, National Wildlife Federation, mikell@nwf.org - (703) 438-6273

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Wildlife Federation Joins the Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation

Alliance now represents over 200,000 sportsmen and women

Trout Unlimited Expert Testifies About Impacts of Marcellus Shale Drilling on Natural Resources at Senate Committee Hearing

Date: 
10/20/2011

Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary (571) 331-7970

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Trout Unlimited Expert Testifies About Impacts of Marcellus Shale Drilling on Natural Resources at Senate committee Hearing

Eastern water resources and habitat at risk from Marcellus drilling.

Trout Unlimited Calls on Gov. Corbett to Tighten Marcellus Shale Environmental Standards and Dedicate Portion of Fee Revenue to Conservation

Date: 
10/04/2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary: (571) 331-7970
emooney@tu.org

Trout Unlimited Calls on Gov. corbett to Tighten Marcellus Shale Environmental Standards and Dedicate Portion of Fee Revenue to Conservation

State Senators Hear Hydrofracking Testimony at Katonah Library

08/29/2011
Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch

On Tuesday morning, state Senator Greg Ball hosted a hearing at the Katonah library on hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. Here's what happened...

State Senators Hear Hydrofracking Testimony at Katonah Library

08/26/2011
Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch

On Tuesday morning, state Senator Greg Ball hosted a hearing at the
Katonah library on hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. Here’s what happened...

We Are Watching Them

08/08/2011
Daily News Record
By Emily Sharrer

On Saturday, a forum hosted by the Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation and the Shenandoah Valley Network highlighted the effects that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, could have on wildlife habitats.

Trout Unlimited Calls on Pennsylvania Legislators to Take Immediate Action on Marcellus Shale Commission Recommendations

Date: 
07/25/2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT: Erin Mooney, Trout Unlimited, 703-284-9408, emooney@tu.org
Katy Dunlap, Trout Unlimited, 607-742-3331, kdunlap@tu.org

Trout Unlimited Calls on Pennsylvania Legislators to Take Immediate Action on Marcellus Shale Commission Recommendations

Additional protections needed--legislators must address report’s shortfalls.

Trout Unlimited’s Mid-Atlantic Council Chair Named to Maryland Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission

Date: 
07/22/2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Erin Mooney, TU National Press Secretary, (703) 284-9408

Trout Unlimited’s Mid-Atlantic Council Chair Named to Maryland Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission

Arlington, Va.—Trout Unlimited’s (TU) Mid-Atlantic Council Chair, Nick Weber, of Brookeville, Md., has been named as a member of Maryland’s Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission.

Fish & Boat Commission to sell gas leases

07/11/2011
Wall Street Journal

State officials are opening thousands of acres of public land around streams and lakes to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, partly to provide revenue for crucial repairs to dams. Water from state-owned lakes will also be sold to drilling companies for hydro-fracturing, or fracking, a process that injects chemical-laced water to break up the shale and allow natural gas to escape.