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PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: William C. Forrey - A Career In State Parks, Recreation Doing It Right, And Protecting The Environment

PA Environment Daily

From January 26, 2004, to September 10, 2010, Bill served as a marketing person and project manager for Arora and Associates, P.C. Do It Right” Through Bill’s long conservation career in the private and public sectors, he promoted the philosophy of “Do it right, right for the best use of the natural resource while protecting the environment.”

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River of the Anthropocene

Circle of Blue

The majority of the 65 million people living in the Lower Mekong River Basin depend on the river for its natural resources. “[The In large part due to the recent construction of large dams in China and Laos, the reverse flow from the Mekong to the Tonle Sap Lake was reduced by over 50% from 1960 to 2010.

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Lancaster Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Coalition Partners Appeal FERC's Decision On Susquehanna River Pumped-Hydroelectric Project To Federal Court

PA Environment Daily

The state of Pennsylvania prioritized this area for protection as a Conservation Landscape in 2010, and the federal government designated the region a National Heritage Area in 2019.

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Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

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Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

PA Environment Daily

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

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Federal Court Finds Swampbuster Constitutional

National Law Center

Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”). The plaintiff in the case was a limited liability company that owned 1,075 acres of farmland in Iowa, including nine acres that were designated as “wetland” by USDA in 2010 prior to the plaintiff’s purchase of the land.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 29 to April 4 - Failed To Restore 3MG Water Impoundment; Failed To Get Pipeline Permits; Nearly 7 Years Without Conventional Well Spill Cleanup

PA Environment Daily

125 Abandoned Conventional, 39 Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations 2025 Abandoned Conventional: So far in 2025, DEP issued or continued 125 violations to 41 conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells- [3D Resources LLC ; Amer Natural Resources LLC; WB Anderson; Apollo Resources LLC; Baird Oil Co.;

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