Marcellus Gas Drilling

[bill heffner]

I know this is a topic of interest to many fly  fishermen in PA, and I thought that I would pass on a portion of a message I received from a fellow PA fisher in Clearfield County.  If you value this valuable resource, as I am sure you do, I would urge you to contact you state rep. and bring this matter to their attention so we do not loose an more of our state fish.

Thanks,
Bill

“We have three new Marcellus wells in northern Clearfield County that have already polluted springs feeding headwater brook trout streams. Frack water from two of these wells is somehow getting  into the Alex Branch of Trout Run. So far Trout Run seems to be unaffected, but how the frack water is getting into these springs has still not been established. The third well, which is over the ridge from the two on Alex Branch and in another watershed, caused a significant brook trout kill in Little Laurel Run which ultimately feeds into Parker Dam, a very popular State Park and recreational area in this part of PA. “

[dan berger]

Bill, this is soon to become the biggest environmental/fishing problem for all the states in the Marcellus Shale basin of WV, OH, PA and NY.

[anonymous]

Chesapeake is drilling all over the Fayetteville Shale in Arkansas also. Several agencies noted sediment pollution from its installation of pipelines into streams at a conference I attended last fall. So far, I do not think ADEQ has done anything about it. The state agencies are hamstrung because of politics.

We now also have a company wanting to drill several wells of 2,000 feet and pump up to 850,000 gallons of water a day from them in the Calico Rock area to produce fracking sands. The water will be pumped into a large quarry on 2,000 acres, and they have a permit to discharge into the local streams if necessary.

One thing that will help agencies monitor this in the future is real time satallite imagery.

I recommend if anyone finds sediment discharges or road cuts causing sediment run-off in your area you contact the feds–EPA or USFWS. You might get more help from them than the local boys.

[Grant Wright]

Good news for the feesh

[dan berger]

thanks for sharing the article…

[bill heffner]

Grant, thanks for the link to that interesting article.  I passed it on to others who will find it interesting too.  If you find anymore info on Marcellus drilling, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Bill

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