{"id":1005,"date":"2013-01-24T04:26:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T04:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gastruth.org\/?page_id=1005"},"modified":"2016-11-27T03:09:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T03:09:42","slug":"tell-the-srbc-to-manage-the-susquehanna-responsibly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/?page_id=1005","title":{"rendered":"Tell the SRBC to Manage the Susquehanna Responsibly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Susquehanna River, which winds its way through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, is the source of drinking water to more than six million people; provides recreation opportunities to visitors and supports natural environments for wildlife from bald eagles to river otters.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nUnfortunately, in 2011 American Rivers named the Susquehanna the nation\u2019s most endangered river because of the risks posed by gas development. And the piecemeal approach that the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) is taking in managing the river could exacerbate this threat.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gastruth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/srbc_factsheet.pdf\">Read Earthworks&#8217; factsheet for more information.<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nBelow, send a letter to your Governor and the Army Corps of Engineers telling them the SRBC needs to manage the river responsibly.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Sample Letter<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nThe expansion of gas drilling in the Susquehanna River Basin and water withdrawals necessary for this activity potentially threaten the health of the Susquehanna River. I urge you to support the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) instituting a 2013 comprehensive environmental study ofhow gas drilling is impacting the Susquehanna River and its tributaries.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nThe Susquehanna River is our lifeblood. Please don\u2019t sell the river short.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nSincerely,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Tell Governor Corbett!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:governor@pa.gov\">Governor@PA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Call: 717-787-2500<\/p>\n<p>Write: Governor&#8217;s Southeast Office<\/p>\n<p>Adam Gattuso, Director<br \/>\n200 S. Broad Street<br \/>\n11th Floor<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA 19102<br \/>\n(215) 560-2640<br \/>\nCounties Served: Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware &amp; Philadelphia<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gastruth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SRBC-Postcard_Corbett-1.pdf\">Send a postcard!<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #f4f4f4;\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Tell the Army Corps of Engineers!<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:DLL-CENADO-PA@nad02.usace.army.mil\">DLL-CENADO-PA@nad02.usace.army.mil<\/a><br \/>\nCall:\u00a0(347) 370-4550<br \/>\nWrite: ACE North Atlantic Division<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Kent D. Savre<br \/>\nUS Army Corps of Engineers<br \/>\nNorth Atlantic Division<br \/>\n302 General Lee Avenue<br \/>\nBrooklyn, NY 11252<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gastruth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/SRBC-Postcard_USACE-1.pdf\">Send a postcard!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Susquehanna River, which winds its way through New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland, is the source of drinking water to more than six million people;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2427,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2073,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1005\/revisions\/2073"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gastruth.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}