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Can Marcellus Shale Gas Development and Healthy Waterways Sustainably Coexist?
Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling is proceeding apace in Pennsylvania.
Credit: Chuck Anderson, Penn State
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Geoscientist Susan Brantley of Penn State doing field work in the Marcellus Shale region.
Credit: Penn State
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Marcellus Shale underlies a U.S. East Coast region from New York to Virginia.
Credit: USGS
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Many of Pennsylvania's streams are unpolluted havens for aquatic life, including trout.
Credit: State of Pennsylvania
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Hundreds of streams and rivers large and small flow through the Marcellus Shale Formation.
Credit: NPS
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A temporary freshwater impoundment to be used for fracking, or hydraulic fracturing.
Credit: Chuck Anderson, Penn State
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