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ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB TO HOST MARCELLUS SHALE PROGRAM |
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April 01, 2010
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Grove City College Environmental Club and the Wolf Creek Watershed Association will host a program to discuss the development of the Marcellus Shale at 7 p.m. April 14 in Sticht Lecture Hall in the Hall of Arts and Letters on campus. The program is free and open to the public.
The Marcellus Shale, most of which is located in Pennsylvania, is one of the world’s largest reserves of natural gas. Residents above the reserves have been encouraged by gas producers to sign leases for the mineral rights of the land. The reserves could bring economic benefit to western Pennsylvania; the program seeks to inform landowners of regulations and environmental issues to consider before signing the leases.
The program will feature guest speakers Dr. Patty Laswick and Charles L. Christen. Laswick, a retired Clarion University chemistry professor, will begin the program with an overview of the Marcellus Shale development. She is a member of the League of Women Voters and is an associate board member of the Clarion County Conservation District.
Christen, director of operations at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Healthy Environments and Communities, assisted in the establishment of citizen surveillance groups to monitor Marcellus Shale operations. The center has proposed baseline research and the development of a Web-based information commons, dedicated to collecting information on the impact of Marcellus Shale operations.
The Wolf Creek Watershed Association, a group of citizens, businesses, and organizations, aims to monitor, protect and enhance water quality and natural resources within the Wolf Creek Watershed. Wolf Creek, which flows through Grove City, is part of the l00-square-mile watershed found in Butler, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango counties.
For more information about the Marcellus Shale program, contact Sandra Karcher, Wolf Creek Watershed Association president, at (724) 458-5849.
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