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Sportsmen
Alliance Documents
Sportsmen
Alliance Press Release, May 26, 2011
Marcellus
Shale Gas Development Impacts on Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping
Sportsmen
Alliance for Marcellus Conservation: Policy Recommendations
In the Media
Read the Sportsmen Alliance op-ed published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette (8/11/2011).
Read the Harrisonburg Daily News Record article about the Sportsmen Alliance (8/8/2011).
Read the Associated Press article about the Sportsmen Alliance that was picked up by multiple newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal (6/25/2011).
Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about the Sportsmen Alliance (6/26/2011).
Listen to the podcast interview about the Sportsmen Alliance with Chris Wood, Trout Unlimited's CEO, and Katy Dunlap, Trout Unlimited's Eastern Water Project Director (6/26/2011).
Watch the video released by the Sportsmen Alliance at the Sportsmen Marcellus Shale Summit that highlights the concerns of hunters and anglers across the Marcellus Shale region (6/4/2011).
Regulatory agencies overseeing gas drilling in Marcellus Shale
Delaware
River Basin: The Delaware River Basin Commission oversees water
withdrawals, well pad siting and wastewater disposal activities related
to all natural gas development projects in the Basin.
Susquehanna
River Basin: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission regulates water
withdrawals for use in natural gas development in the Basin.
Maryland:
The Minerals, Oil and Gas Division within Maryland's Department of the
Environment oversees Marcellus Shale gas development.
New
York: New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, Division
of Mineral Resources oversees gas drilling in the state.
Pennsylvania:
The Bureau of Oil & Gas Management within Pennsylvania's Department
of Environmental Protection regulates gas drilling in the commonwealth.
Ohio:
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources
Management regulates shale gas drilling in the state. For more information
on Marcellus and Utica Shale gas development, see ODNR
Geological Survey.
Virginia:
Marcellus Shale gas drilling in Virginia is regulated by the Division
of Gas and Oil within the Virginia's Department of Mines, Minerals and
Energy.
West Virginia: West Virginia's Department of Environmental Protection,
Office of Oil & Gas is responsible for regulating gas drilling in
the Marcellus Shale.
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