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The Winter Wind in Gasland

By David Ira Kagan
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16 weeks 1 day ago

It’s the last Sunday night in January, and the winter wind howls outside my Torbert Village home along Pine Creek, while up on Route 44 the unremitting roar of Marcellus shale gas industry trucks forms a horrid, contrapuntal accompaniment. Nature here has been forced into an unholy union with the gods of industrialization. more»

Boy Scouts Hike the Pine Creek Rail Trail

By David Ira Kagan
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1 year 13 hours ago

On Saturday, May 21, on what has turned out this year to be a rare, sunny, spring day, Boy Scout Troop 37, from Mooresburg, Pennsylvania (near Danville), was out on a scheduled 20-mile hike along the Pine Creek Rail Trail. Their many footfalls would count towards earning their hiking merit badges. more»

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