After facing months of public pressure over the possibility of expanding natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) held a public meeting on the issue. DCNR estimates between 400 to 500 people turned out tonight to Lycoming College in Williamsport. The meeting ran an hour [...]
After facing mounting public pressure regarding the possibility of expanding natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has agreed to hold a public meeting on the issue. “DCNR is responding to requests that the public be given the chance to provide the department with information and [...]
Deep in the Loyalsock State Forest, where no cell phone signal reaches, the sounds of rushing waterfalls and forest birds are suddenly interrupted by the sound of a helicopter. Paul Zeph of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society says the noise could be related to gas drilling. Drillers will often drop seismic testing equipment into remote areas [...]
State lawmakers and environmental groups are urging the state not to pursue natural gas drilling in the Loyalsock State Forest. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has come under scrutiny over whether or not it plans to allow Anadarko Petroleum to access mineral rights the company owns underneath the forest. At issue [...]
For months, environmentalists and residents living near the Loyalsock State Forest in Lycoming County have been pushing the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to openly discuss plans to drill in sensitive areas of the forest and accept public input. But time and again, they were rebuffed. On Friday, DCNR announced it’s planning to hold [...]
The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is holding an invitation-only meeting next week about one of the most controversial issues it’s dealing with involving natural gas drilling on state lands. The agency has come under scrutiny over whether or not it plans to allow Anadarko Petroleum to access mineral rights the company [...]
This post has been updated to include a statement from the DEP. On Friday, what a Department of Environmental Protection employee described as a “significant amount” of sediment and mud from a pipeline construction project spilled into Sullivan County’s Loyalsock Creek. When Dean Marshall heard about the spill, he drove to Loyalsock State Forest to [...]
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