On July 23, 2015,
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of
Forestry, issued an update
to the first
Shale Gas Monitoring report that was published in April 2014.
In order to identify “trends and patterns” of shale gas operations on state
forest lands, DCNR developed a Shale Gas Monitoring Program aimed at assessing
and reporting the impacts of shale gas development to the Pennsylvania forest
system.
The update provides new
data collected throughout 2014 on state forest acreage ownership, drilling
wells approved by the Bureau of Forestry, and total acreage converted for
infrastructure pads, roads and pipelines. In the update, DCNR observed that, in
2014, there was a decrease in the amount of total acreage converted for new
infrastructures. It also pointed out that, so far, 608 shale gas wells have
been drilled on state forest lands. The full update can be found at: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_20030930.pdf.
New reports will be issued
regularly as more information and data become available to allow for better
management decisions.
Written by Chloe Marie - Research Fellow
07/28/2015
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