New Rules on Oil & Gas Drilling Impacts in U.S. National Forests
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking to adopt new rules for the six million acres of national forest lands where oil and gas within the national forests are in private hands. In Pennsylvania, where 93 pct of the 513000-acre Allegheny National Forest is a private possession of minerals that rule making is especially important.
De facto, on the Allegheny National Forest in the last 25 years was to allow oil and gas operators virtually unfettered use of our public forest drill their oil and gas. Without the appropriate Forest Service rules, water has been destroyed, fragmented roadless habitat, recreation trails destroyed, hunting and fishing areas, and decimated. It is in the national forest was established in 1923 to protect the watershed.
Now, U.S. Forest Service is seeking comments on the natural integrity of our national forests are preserved, while private oil and gas assets are disposed of. The future of six million acres of national forest lands is at stake, including not only the Allegheny NF, but also Monongahela NF in West Virginia.Read more >>
De facto, on the Allegheny National Forest in the last 25 years was to allow oil and gas operators virtually unfettered use of our public forest drill their oil and gas. Without the appropriate Forest Service rules, water has been destroyed, fragmented roadless habitat, recreation trails destroyed, hunting and fishing areas, and decimated. It is in the national forest was established in 1923 to protect the watershed.
Now, U.S. Forest Service is seeking comments on the natural integrity of our national forests are preserved, while private oil and gas assets are disposed of. The future of six million acres of national forest lands is at stake, including not only the Allegheny NF, but also Monongahela NF in West Virginia.Read more >>
