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1. 1. A fair and reasonable tax on the extraction of natural gas that dedicates a very significant portion of the revenue to the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener) and to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat and Game Commissions to restore wildlife habitat and improve public access.
2. Dedicating a portion of the tax to help local governments including county conservation districts impacted by natural gas operations.
3. Balance and restraint in leasing public lands for gas extraction. The impact of leasing 140,000 acres of state forest in the past two years and potential impacts of additional leasing should be carefully evaluated before opening up more public land for drilling.
4. When natural gas and other resources are taken from public forestlands, the revenues generated should be reinvested in the conservation and restoration of the Commonwealth’s natural and recreational resources.
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The undersigned organizations support:1. 1. A fair and reasonable tax on the extraction of natural gas that dedicates a very significant portion of the revenue to the Environmental Stewardship Fund (Growing Greener) and to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat and Game Commissions to restore wildlife habitat and improve public access.
2. Dedicating a portion of the tax to help local governments including county conservation districts impacted by natural gas operations.
3. Balance and restraint in leasing public lands for gas extraction. The impact of leasing 140,000 acres of state forest in the past two years and potential impacts of additional leasing should be carefully evaluated before opening up more public land for drilling.
4. When natural gas and other resources are taken from public forestlands, the revenues generated should be reinvested in the conservation and restoration of the Commonwealth’s natural and recreational resources.
| Supporting Organizations Allegheny Trail Alliance American Farmland Trust American Rivers Appalachian Mountain Club Audubon Pennsylvania Bedminster Land Conservancy Berks County Conservancy Bucks County Chapter of Trout Unlimited Central Pennsylvania Conservancy Centre County Farmland Trust Chesapeake Bay Foundation Citizens Coalition for Environmental & Property Protection in Pipeline Operations Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) City Parks Association ClearWater Conservancy Countryside Conservancy Cowanshannock Creek Watershed Association Crooked Creek Watershed Association Delaware Highlands Conservancy Delaware River Greenway Partnership Delaware Valley Earth Force E.L. Rose Conservancy of Susquehanna County Earth Charter Lifeboat Academy of Pennsylvania East Nantmeal Land Trust Eastern MontCo Action 2004 Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Ecological Associates Eden Hill Conservancy Elk Creeks Watershed Association Endless Mountains Heritage Region Environmental Life Academy Farm & Natural Lands Trust of York County Foundation for PA Watersheds Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds Friends of the Nescopeck God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited GreenSpace Alliance Heritage Conservancy Independence Conservancy Juniata Valley Audubon Kennett Township Land Trust Keystone Trails Association Lake Erie Region Conservancy Lancaster County Conservancy Lancaster Farmland Trust Land Conservancy of Adams County Lebanon Valley Conservancy Merrill W. Linn Land and Waterways Conservancy Millersville University of Pennsylvania Mokoma Conservancy Montgomery County Lands Trust Natural Lands Trust North Branch Land Trust Open Land Conservancy of Chester County PA Council of Trout Unlimited PA Wilds Citizens For Protection State Lands PennEnvironment Penns Creek Guides Pennsbury Land Trust Pennsylvania Environmental Council Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Pennsylvania Forest Coalition Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Pennsylvania Institute for Conservation Education Pennsylvania Land Trust Association Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation Philagreen Hospitality Association Pine Creek Land Conservation Trust Pine Creek Valley Watershed Association Pocono Heritage Land Trust Pocono Northeast Resource, Conservation, and Development Council Preservation Pennsylvania Radnor Conservancy River Alert Information Network Shermans Creek Conservation Association Sierra Club, Pennsylvania Chapter Somerset County Conservancy Susquehanna Greenway Partnership The Center for the Celebration of Creation The Conservancy of Montgomery County The Nature Conservancy, PA Chapter The Trust for Public Land Tinicum Conservancy Upper Allegheny Watershed Association Western Clinton Sportsment’s Association Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Westmoreland Land Trust Wildlands Conservancy Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania 1st Fork of the Sinnemahoning Watershed Association Birch Grove Farm Equestrian Training Center Brown Consulting & Research, LLC Crossroad Gift & Thrift Eco Islands, LLC Fjordstone, Inc. Heron's Eye Communications Hometown Green J. W. Crouse, Inc. J.T. Enterprise Montgomery Rehab Associates Penns Creek Guides Rushforth Solar LLC Schmid & Company, Inc. This Leaky House Veterinary Medical Specialists of Pittsburgh |