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Action Alerts!

One way that individuals can affect or influence change is to inform our local, state, and national lawmakers/decision makers of our concerns regarding specific initiatives or pending decisions. Use the links below to make your voice count today.

Collaborative Trail Logbook – Reporting Gas Industry Impacts on PA Trail Experiences

Reporting Gas Industry Impacts on Pennsylvania Trail Experiences -Run off your right-of-way by a gas company employee or truck? Concerned about the quality of the water you’re putting in your canteen? Riled about the forced relocation of your favorite trail? If shale gas drilling and its associated activities have put a rut in your trail adventure, FracTracker and Keystone Trails Association (KTA) want to know! It is time to collect the stories and experiences of hikers and trail users everywhere to better understand the impacts of the shale gas industry and outfit trail advocates to address these issues and seek remedies. If you have an experience to share, please use the new Trail Logbook: Reporting Gas Industry Impacts on Pennsylvania Trail Experiences  to submit your experiences. To see the Trail Logbook submission page or to submit data, click here. If you would prefer to print out the logbook and mail it in, click here.      And please share this informetion with fellow PA outdoor enthusiasts.

Other Action Alerts:

Write the Sullivan County Commissioners tell them how you feel about their MARC 1 pipeline letter to FERC. Ask your PA legislators to protect Clean Air Act and EPA and take action to protect your drinking water http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/ State Forests are under attack! Say no! http://www.sosinpa.org/

Share your Thoughts

Contact your representatives to let them know you care about the many issues of Gas Drilling in your area. Even if you cannot vote in PA, you can still make your opinions known especially if you own property in PA. Governor Tom Wolfe http://www.governor.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/contact/2998/e-mail_the_governor%27s_office/465341 President Barack Obama http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact Representative Tina Pickett tpickett@pahousegop.com Senator Gene Yaw gyaw@pasen.gov Senator Robert Casey http://casey.senate.gov/contact/ Senator Patrick Toomey http://toomey.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm Eagles Mere Borough Council   em17731@epix.net

Sullivan County Energy Task Force http://www.sullivancounty-pa.us/offices/etf.htm

Sullivan County Commissioners: commissioners@sullivancounty-pa.us

Darla M. Bortz Robert Getz Wylie Norton

PA Department of Environmental Protection RA-epcontactus@state.pa.us

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) – “The Commissions staff also provides guidance regarding compliance with the statutes, rules, regulations and tariffs administered by the Commission. If you have compliance-related questions and do not know which member of staff to contact regarding a particular subject matter, please submit your question via our online form and it will be forwarded to the appropriate member of Commission staff for a response.” Organizations are also helpful in keeping abreast of current legislative activity surrounding natural gas drilling and extraction in Pennsylvania, as well as nationally. Below find links to some organizations that have been particularly active on this issue: Responsible Drilling Alliance http://www.responsibledrillingalliance.org/ PA Chapter Sierra Club http://pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/ SOS (Save Our State Forests) http://www.sosinpa.org/