Marcellus Driller Asked to Replace PA Woodrat Habitat
Once upon a time a little fish not much bigger than a paperclip, called a snail darter, was considered "endangered" and the prospect of disturbing its "habitat" delayed the erection of a major dam. That was in the 1970s. Today? Today we have the endangered Allegheny woodrat--otherwise known as a packrat. Please...try not to laugh! Although the Allegheny woodrat is not on the federal endangered species list, it is on the PA "threatened and protected" list--and therein lies the connection to Marcellus drilling...
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