i live in pa and i know this drilling has been bothersome to me a friend of mine lost his lease he has had for 15 years because of drilling its a shame but a farm i hunted on had a lease for drilling they came and went in 2 years and i still see tons of deer there im not to worried about it

^^^^^^for a while people said the same thing about environmental groups challenging deep sea drilling

Yeh, real bothersome to have the St of Pennsylvania raking in tax revenue/royalties when states are going Bankrupt in this pathetic economy created by the folks this environmental group supports.
And deep sea drilling was forced out into the deep sea rather than extracting needed oil in shallower water.

I always get upset when i see these articles anymore. I live in Bradford County, Pa. It is the heart of the NG drilling industry at the moment. If you lived here you would realize everyone here is fed up with the Gas companies. Everyone is trying to make a buck, and they do it any way they can. Yes the economy is stable here, but at the same time, 8 out 10 of the guys working are from Texas, Mississippi, or Oklahoma. As for the regrowth of new habitat? It will take twenty years. The gas company runs through the land with so many trucks it is compacted into hard dusty roads. If the DCNR gave a vote to the public on raising the price of a deer tag over leasing a 100 acres of public hunting lands I would gladly pay the extra couple dollars.

"complaining about humans utilizing natural resources, what a surprise"

The gas companies are using the land and keeping out the humans that live there. If you don't have a problem with that, move to China along with all the jobs.

mountaindew: spot on. employment for all out state folk. booooo.

shane: good points, but there's a lot of money to go around if we are to believe Gov. Corbett's shale commission "report." the problem is that the report is really a "story" about how plentiful the gas done by gas insiders and not a 3rd party.

this thing is a disaster, no matter how you look at it! can't wait for it to make it into new york!

My families deer camp is in N.central Pa. in the heart of this. It is troublesome to think of the damage to the streams especially some of those that are still struggling to recover from the coal/strip mining damage from the past. Streams i fished as a kid are now dead. Last month when i was up i worried about the Spring-water. We have always filled jugs at a community roadside spring to have drinking water at camp. Our well water is not potable due to fecal runoff from outhouses and nearby septic, etc. This year i couldn't help but worry what kind of "fracking" chemicals i was drinking, not to mention my kids. The increased truck traffic was more than an annoyance, quite a hazard actually. We still saw plenty of wildlife, as the deer and bears are quite adaptive, but it's the unseen that worries me, and the fact that the Energy companies aren't paying as much tax or revenue sharing as one might expect.

labrador, recovery takes generations

Steve
I hear you. This is a technical problem. We can do this. We need to be able to utilize our resources. fear mongering by big green groups mobilizes the ignorant urban electorate. We need jobs for people that don't mind getting their hands dirty. The people that think food comes from grocery stores are the people that believe environmental organizations propaganda. If we can't develop our resources our economy is going to be toast. We spend billions on Gov environment Depts. If they can't do their jobs insuring gas drilling safety, why are we paying for them?

I'm serious about Federal and state agencies that are supposed to insure the safety of the environment. They are too administratively top heavy. As long as the paperwork is filled out correctly, and the proper fees are paid, the projects go forward. I want the money spent on enginering and failsafes instead. I want field people doing inspections, not bureucrats dreaming up ways to clean up pollution that is already 96.00076% cleaner that it was 20 years ago. The EPA and the Energy Dept could be deep sixed tomorrow and we could save hundreds of billions of dollars. The environment wouldn't be harmed and we would be paying several thousand less blowhards.

Why did my post get eliminated? What I posted is it sounds like the liberal notion that we luv being just like our European friends. I have no interest in being like our European friends.
Great post aferraro, and how appropriate a post in today's terrible economy, and the need to get rid of the environmental terrorism that is destroying our economy.

"Streams i fished as a kid are now dead. Last month when i was up i worried about the Spring-water. We have always filled jugs at a community roadside spring to have drinking water at camp. Our well water is not potable due to fecal runoff from outhouses and nearby septic, etc. This year i couldn't help but worry what kind of "fracking" chemicals i was drinking, not to mention my kids."

So what of all that? Who cares? Create a few jobs for out of staters and that makes this OK?

The point is that we can still create those jobs without wrecking the watershed and poisoning people.

But hey, if there's a profit at hand, forget it.

I have been directly involved with the gas drilling through friends and family,they are spending millions of dollars a day in pa,food,fuel,lodging,tools,trucks ect. they are employing people on the rigs from pa,I know at least 20 people myself that are from pa that work on the rigs.Also they are making the economy grow,there are 15 people that work at fluids in clearfiel if it wasnt for the gas companies fluids would exist and those people wouldnt have jobs at least jobs they can support a family on.One guy on here was pottymouthing how the roughnecks acted at his inn and resturant,ok then kick them out you dont have to rent to them,why do you,you need the money to survive.what about the truck drivers delivering supplies and water,most of those jobs were created by the gas companies,and your complaining about the way they drive,they are your neighbors go yell at them.From what I know most of the chemicals they are using are safe and as far al land regeneration the 2 wells they drilled last year by my camp are already panted and growing and they will be great places to hunt.If it wasnt for the wells there would be a lot of people in pawithout jobs,not being able to pay there mortgages,and feed there families and a lot of smaller bussnesses closed down.I can imagine that most of you people doing the boo hooing are not getting any money in your pockets from wells,I am not either,but the gas componies gave a lot of my friends and family jobs,for that I am thankfull