Top 2011 Advocacy Initiatives
- Addressing the threat unconventional shale gas development poses to human health and the environment in the Susquehanna Watershed. We actively watch permitting, rulemaking and policy by the PA Department of Environmental Protection to ensure strong oversight of this industrial activity. We also work with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission to ensure states in the Susquehanna Watershed have uniform, appropriate quality control mechanisms and that comprehensive, basin-wide environmental studies are performed.
- Participating in the once-every-50-years relicensing processes for Susquehanna River hydroelectric facilities. We are particularly interested in finding solutions to the threat sediment build-up behind Susquehanna River dams poses to the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and in securing permit requirements for effective upstream migratory fish passage.
- Acting as citizen advocates of the Susquehanna River in the implementation of the 2010 Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), aka the Bay “Pollution Diet.” We seek to ensure (a) laws protecting water quality and human health are enforced and (b) that the State of PA and its county governments are accountable to its citizens in meeting their duty to reduce pollution to Susquehanna Watershed waterways. Clean waterways equal strong economies and strong communities!
- Protecting the imperiled American Eel, a species native to the Susquehanna Watershed that has been decimated by human-caused changes to its historic habitat such as building hydro-power dams and overfishing.
- Working to understand the die-off of young-of-the-year Smallmouth Bass and fish mutations. The Susquehanna once hosted trophy smallmouth bass populations. We want to restore this important fish’s health and presence in the Susquehanna Watershed.
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