Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
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Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association (PALTA) is an American non-profit conservation group working for land conservation and environmental preservation in the state of Pennsylvania.[1]
The Association was informally started in 1991 as a coalition of land trusts, and was incorporated in 1995. It hired an executive director in 2000 and has since expanded to a paid staff of three.[2] The group's membership includes many local land conservation organizations in the state.[3] A primary method of land conservation pursued by the association is through conservation easements.[4][5]
In 2010, the organization released a report that documented environmental violations by companies drilling into the Marcellus Shale Formation in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.[6] The report was based upon state records, and cited an alleged 1,435 violations in Pennsylvania by companies drilling the Marcellus Formation since 2008.[6] In April 2009, the United States Department of Energy estimated the Marcellus formation to contain 262 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.[7]
References
- ^ "Vision, Mission and Goals". Pennsylvania Land Trust Association. http://conserveland.org/about_us/vision. Retrieved February 13, 2012.
- ^ History - Conserveland.org, Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, Retrieved February 13, 2012
- ^ Who is the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association - Conserveland.org, Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, Retrieved February 13, 2012
- ^ (18 April 1995). FOREVER GREEN - GROWTH IN CONSERVANCIES SETS ASIDE MORE LAND -- AT A PRICE, The Morning Call
- ^ (19 September 2006). Seminars help owners use pension law to preserve land, The Morning Call
- ^ a b (8 August 2010). Shale game: A litany of violations builds the case for a tax, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- ^ US Department of Energy (April 2009): Modern shale gas development in the United States: a primer, p.17, PDF file, downladed 11 June 2009.
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