PA Environment Digest

The Pike County Citizens for Clean Water will sponsor “What is Fracking?” a free community educational program to explore the potential health and environmental effects of natural gas extraction on January 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Delaware Valley High School, in Milford.

Presentations will include "Upper Delaware, Lower Delaware: One River" by Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director of Delaware Riverkeeper; "Overview of the Process of Mining for Natural Gas" by Barbara Arrindell; and "The Legacy of our Watershed to Our Children" by Pat Carullo, both of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability. A speaker from the Department of Environmental Protection is also expected.

Media presentations that document the process of hydraulic fracturing and its impact on communities that have been “fracked” will be shown. Printed materials will be available and a town hall question and answer forum will follow.

“What is Fracking?” is presented free of charge to the public by Pike County Citizens for Clean Water and Twin and Walker Creeks Watershed Conservancy, with co-sponsors: Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition, Lackawaxen River Conservancy, Rep. John Siptroth (D-Monroe), Pike County Commissioner Karl Wagner, Delaware Twp Supervisors Ileana Hernandez and Ted Parsell, Walker Lake Landowners Assoc., Shohola Twp Supervisors, Delaware Twp Envionmental Council, Milford Magazine and other local community groups to explore the health and environmental repercussions of gas drilling in our communities.

For more information, visit the Twin and Walker Creeks Watershed Conservancy website or contact Keith LaPan at 917-748-0930 or send email to: krlapan@nyc.rr.com.

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