Pennsylvania’s Fish and Boat Commission executive director John Arway says the Department of Environmental Protection needs to do more to protect aquatic life and water quality along 98 miles of the Susquehanna River. Arway takes aim at DEP Secretary Michael Krancer’s decision not to seek an “impaired” status for the river may not be driven [...]
Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Michael Krancer has rejected a request from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to list the Susquehanna River as “impaired” under the Clean Water Act. Fish and Boat Commission executive director John Arway wrote a letter to Krancer April 4, describing increased incidents of “black-spotted” fish turning up in the [...]
William Yingling has been fishing the same spot on the Susquehanna River for 35 years. But over the last 2 to 3 years, he says he’s caught small mouth bass with black spots. Yingling is also a retired family practitioner, and worries the black spots are melanomas caused by endocrine disrupters in the water. Yingling’s [...]
An editorial published last week in Northumberland County’s The Daily Item, speculates about the cause of disfigured fish living in the Susquehanna River. Apparently, fish covered in “black splotches” have been turning up in the river since the fall. People who know the Susquehanna River best are worried. That alone may be reason enough for [...]
Governor Corbett has repeatedly vowed to protect Pennsylvania’s water and environment, as he pushes to grow the commonwealth’s natural gas drilling industry. “ I will not let them poison the water,” the Republican told a crowd of township supervisors in April, after a heckler interrupted his speech about drilling development. “We need to protect the water. [...]
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