The PA Council of Trout Unlimited, the Keystone Trails Association and the Responsible Drilling Alliance have requested DEP to hold a hearing on the Chapter 105 permit for a 3.9 mile shale gas access road and staging area proposed by PA General Energy in Gamble and Cascade Townships, Lycoming County.
The access road will be used to develop multiple shale gas drilling well pads and other natural gas infrastructure in the Loyalsock State Forest where the project is located.
The groups say the project will have a significant impact on some of the most ecologically diverse forest lands in the Loyalsock State Forest, has the potential to degrade several Exceptional Value streams and will cut off public access to the use of popular upland hunting and primitive forest hiking areas.
The Chapter 105 permit is being reviewed by DEP’s Oil and Gas Management Program in Williamsport. Read more here.
To see the complete article, please click the link below. The article was published on the PA Environment Digest Blog on December 3, 2025
https://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2025/12/pa-trout-unlimited-keystone-trails-assn.html?m=1
Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited 