Conservation Groups Intervene in Oil and Gas Drilling Lawsuit on Allegheny National Forest - July 2, 2009 The Sierra Club and Allegheny Defense Project intervened in a lawsuit filed against the Forest Service by Catalyst Energy of Cranberry Township, PA. Catalyst Energy is challenging the Forest Service's authority to regulate oil and gas drilling on the Allegheny National Forest. The Sierra Club and ADP intervened on the side of the Forest Service to defend its authority to protect Pennsylvania's only national forest. Read more...

ADP Praises New Legislation to Protect Drinking Water from Oil and Gas Contamination - June 9, 2009 The Allegheny Defense Project joined a coalition of environmental organizations around the country in praising legislation introduced in Congress today to protect drinking water from oil and gas contamination. Click here to read the Senate version, introduced by Senator Casey. Click here to read the meeting minutes of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board in which the DEP disclosed that some oil and gas companies were using short cuts to save money but potentially cause pollution problems. Read more...

Forest Service Public Meetings Not Reaching a Broad Cross-section of Public - May 28, 2009 The U.S. Forest Service is not reaching out to a broad cross-section of people that use the Allegheny National Forest regarding public meetings scheduled to discuss oil and gas drilling issues. Click here to read ADP's letter to Forest Service Chief Abigail Kimbell. Read more...

Federal Judge Upholds Settelment Agreement Between Forest Service, Environmental Groups - May 12, 2009 A federal judge today decided in favor of environmental groups who argue that the public should have a chance to weign in on oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest. U.S. District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin upheld a settlement agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and three environmental groups - Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Allegheny Defense Project and the Sierra Club. Click here to read the judge's order and opinion.Read more...

ADP Notifies House Committee on Agriculture, other officials about escalating rhetoric on Allegheny National Forest - May 4, 2009 ADP sent a letter to the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture to notify its members of escalating rhetoric on the Allegheny National Forest following a settlement agreement with the U.S. Forest Service. You can read the letter here. Also, click here to see a series of graphs documenting that oil and gas drilling has decreased both on and off the Allegheny National Forest due to the drop in oil and gas prices. Read more...

U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson supports oil and gas industry's attempts to deny public involvement in oil and gas decisions on Allegheny National Forest - April 20, 2009 U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson is borrowing the oil and gas industry's talking points to criticize a settlement agreement reached between the U.S. Forest Service and Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Allegheny Defense Project, and the Sierra Club. Rep. Thomposon is defending the oil and gas industy's desire to drill oil and gas wells on the Allegheny National Forest without the required environmental analysis and public comment opportunities. Read more...

Forest Service Agrees to Conduct Environmental Review of Oil and Gas Drilling in Allegheny National Forest - April 9, 2009 The U.S. Forest Service has agreed to conduct environmental review and allow the public to weigh in on all oil and gas development in the Allegheny National Forest. Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Allegheny Defense Project and the Sierra Club sued the Forest Service in November 2008 for its failure to comply with federal environmental law before it approves oil and gas drilling projects. Today's settlement agreement marks a new direction on the Allegheny National Forest. Click here to read the settlement agreement. Read more...

Slowdown in Oil and Gas Drilling Due to Economy - April 6, 2009 As local business officials and state representative try to blame ADP and other conservation groups for the slowdown in oil and gas drilling on the Allegheny National Forest, a report by CNN Money says the slowdown is instead due to the drop in oil and gas prices. Read more...

Catalyst Energy sues Forest Service for "drilling delays" - March 31, 2009 A Butler County oil and gas company has filed a federal lawsuit against the Forest Service, claiming that the agency has recently imposed an unauthorized regulation requiring a "Notice to Proceed," before oil and gas wells can be drilled. Read more...

Acting DEP Secretary John Hanger says "benefits" from Marcellus shale gas drilling outweigh risks to water quality and public health - March 21, 2009 Acting Dept. of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger says "You can't do a large amount of driling and have zero impact...there's going to be a lot of good things that comes from drilling in Pennsylvania, but there are also going to be some problems." The DEP also disclosed some of the chemicals used in the hydrofracturing of Marcellus Shale gas wells. Click here to view the list. Read more...

Congressman Glenn Thompson meets with Regional Forester to discuss oil and gas issues in Allegheny National Forest - March 17, 2009 U.S. Congressman Glenn Thompson met with Regional Forester Kent Connaughton to discuss why drilling on the Allegheny National Forest has stalled. Read more...

Drilling stalled in Allegheny National Forest - March 16, 2009 The U.S. Forest Service hasn't OK'd any new gas or oil wells in the Allegheny National Forest for almost two months. Read more...

DCNR to offer more state forest land for gas drilling - March 8, 2009 The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is preparing another auction to give away more remote state forest land to the natural gas industry. Read more...

Federal Judge Dismisses Major Portion of Duhring Resources' Lawsuit - March 7, 2009 A federal judge in Pittsburgh dealt a serious blow to the oil and gas industry in the Allegheny National Forest. Click here to read the opinion. Read more...

Forest Service announces additional meeting on March 10, 2009 regarding Forest Plan Supplemental EIS Just days after the Forest Service gave the public barely a week's notice of two meetings schedled on March 9 and March 11, 2009 for revising oil and gas regulations on the Allegheny, the Forest Service announces another meeting scheduled on March 10, 2009.

Public Meetings Scheduled for March 9 and March 11, 2009 on Allegheny National Forest: Tell Forest Service that Strong Oil and Gas Regulations are Needed in Allegheny National Forest Management Plan: The Forest Service has scheduled two public meetings on March 9 and March 11, 2009 regarding a supplemental analysis to the 2007 Forest Plan to address the Forest Service Chief's concerns with oil and gas drilling on the Allegheny. Read more...

Forest Service plans to railroad supplemental Forest Plan analysis - March 3, 2009 The Forest Service gives the public barely a week's notice of two meetings on revising oil and gas regulations in the 2007 Forest Plan. Read more...

Groups push for stimulus spending in Allegheny National Forest - February 17, 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009, provides $650 million to the Forest Service for priority road, bridge and trail maintenance and decommissioning, watershed enhancement projects, and deferred maintenance at Federal facilities. Read more...

TAKE ACTION: Tell Forest Service that Strong Oil and Gas Regulations Are Needed on National Forests - February 16, 2009 The Forest Service plans to engage in federal rulemaking to clarify and expand its policies for regulating oil and gas drilling on National Forest System lands where the mineral rights are privately owned. Take action now and tell the Forest Service to implement strong regulations to protect the surface, water and air resources of our National Forests. Read more...

Forest Service to revisit Allegheny National Forest management plan - February 6, 2009 The Forest Service's Regional Office in Milwaukee has assumed control of oil and gas management in the Allegheny National Forest while it also directs Allegheny officials to revisit their management plan for Pennsylvania's only national forest. Read more...

Forest Service to undertake rulemaking on oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest - January 14, 2009 The Forest Service intends to engage in rulemaking that will "clarify and expand policy" for regulating private oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Take Action! Tell Forest Service to withdraw FY07 "Clearcutting" Project - January 9, 2009 The Forest Service is proposing the clearcut several hundred acres under the guise of a forest "regeneration project." The logging would impact unroaded areas and the Twin Lakes Hiking Trail. Read more...

Groups file lawsuit to protect Allegheny National Forest from oil and gas drilling - November 20, 2008 Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Allegheny Defense Project, and the Sierra Club file lawsuit against U.S. Forest Service for its failure to comply with federal law that requires Environmental Assessments and public commenting before approving oil and gas drilling projects. Read the complaint here. Read more...

Oil and gas drilling threatens Rimrock Overlook and Longhouse National Scenic Byway - October 10, 2008 Records obtained by ADP through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal concerns that oil and gas drilling would have on the Rimrock Overlook and Longhouse National Scenic Byway. Read more...

15th Annual Fall Gathering: Sept. 26 - 28, 2008: It is hard to believe it, but this year will be ADP's 15th annual Fall Gathering on the weekend of Sept. 26-28, 2008. Plan on a weekend of camping, hiking, caving, geocaching, and good food. We'll also have workshops where you can learn about the issues facing the Allegheny National Forest. Directions and Map 1; Map 2 and Map 3. Click here for a schedule and menu for the weekend.

Forest Service re-approves controversial South Branch Timber Sale - September 19, 2008 Nearly five months after the Forest Service withdrew its decision approving nearly 1,800 acres of logging in the South Branch Kinzua Creek watershed, the agency has re-approved the timber sale without any additional public comment. Read more...

12,000 oil and gas wells in the Allegheny National Forest - August 21, 2008 In an article on the recent devastating oil spill, the Olean Times Herald also reports that the Allegheny National Forest now has at least 12,000 oil and gas wells. This is nearly a doubling in the number of well from just six years ago. Read more...

Oil Spill: Plenty of blame to go around - August 21, 2008 The spill that polluted two streams in the Allegheny National Forest underscores the need for more public oversight of oil and gas development proposals, according to a coalition of environmental and recreation groups. Read more...

Forest Service's internal analysis of proposed oil and gas developments - August 20, 2008 ADP recently submitted a FOIA request for documents relating to any environmental analysis the Forest Service does before approving the location of proposed roads and oil and gas wells. ADP has so far received a couple thousand pages of documents, none of which has been made public even though the Forest Service is supposed to include the public in the analysis process. Read the documents that should be made public before any road construction and drilling takes place...

Coalition: Oil spill underscores need for more public oversight of proposed oil and gas developments in Allegheny National Forest - August 20, 2008 The recent oil spill from seven storage tank batteries owned by Snyder Brothers, Inc. underscores the need for more public oversight of oil and gas drilling. Read more...

Gibbs Hill homeowners lose water supply after fracking for oil and gas - August 10, 2008 Gibbs Hill is a private inholding within the Allegheny National Forest in McKean County. Seneca Resources, a subsidiary of National Fuel, was drilling above homeowners' property when they realized their water tasted briny and smelled like natural gas. Read more...

No more free stone - August 7, 2008 The U.S. Forest Service has canceled plans to expand stone pits on the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Forest Service cancels Stone Pit Expansion Project - August 5, 2008 The Forest Service has canceled a proposal to give public stone away for free to the oil and gas industry for use in road and well site construction. Read more...

TAKE ACTION! Tell Forest Service to keep recreation sites open and operating! - July 24, 2008 The Forest Service is proposing to close and/or significantly reduce operation and maintenance of numerous campgrounds, recreation facilities and other sites across the Allegheny National Forest. Contact the Forest Service and tell them to allow more public comment for their proposals and to keep these sites open and operating. Read more...

Coalition condemns Forest Service recreation proposals - July 2, 2008 A coalition of recreation and environmental groups is condemning the Forest Service's recommendations in a recent assessment of its recreation infrastructure in the Allegheny National Forest. The Forest Service recommendations include closing campgrounds at Beaver Meadows in Forest County and Tracy Ridge in McKean County. Read more...

ADP Intervenes in Oil and Gas Lawsuit to Defend Allegheny National Forest - June 23, 2008 The Allegheny Defense Project has intervened in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Forest Service by Duhring Resources and the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association. Read more...

Sign Petition to save Rimrock from oil and gas drilling! - June 17, 2008 Join a local coalition of citizens to send a message to the Forest Servcie to protect this scenic overlook and picnic area from being destroyed by oil and gas drilling. Read more...

Oil, gas and timber special interest groups file second lawsuit in six months against Allegheny National Forest management - June 17, 2008 Industry groups trying to derail regulation of oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania's only national forest. Read more...

ADP wants info; Drillers file lawsuit; Forest Service caught in the middle - June 10, 2008 An environmental group has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Forest Service documentation pertaining to oil and gas drilling regulation while oil, gas, and timber groups file a lawsuit against the Forest Service. Read more...

Battle over access to mineral rights could be decided in courtroom - June 10, 2008 Oil and timber groups file lawsuit claiming Forest Service violated federal law in development of 2007 forest plan. Read more...

ADP files FOIA request for Forest Service's alleged oil and gas drilling environmental analysis documents - June 9, 2008 ADP files Freedom of Information Act request to obtain documents to determine if the Forest Service is (or is not) conducting environmental analysis on private oil and gas drilling and properly including the public in the decision-making process. Read more...

Industry groups sue over forest plan - June 8, 2008 The Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Association and the Allegheny Forest Alliance, a timber industry lobbying group, have filed a lawsuit against the Forest Service over the oil and gas section of the forest plan and the withdrawal of the South Branch Kinzua Creek timber sale that ADP successfully appealed in April. Read more...

USFS working on reply to ADP - June 4, 2008 The Warren Times Observer reports on how the Forest Service is planning to respond to ADP about its failure to conduct environmental analysis with public comment on private oil and gas drilling in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act. Read more...

Turning up the heat - May 30, 2008 The Warren Times Observer reports on ADP turning up the heat on the U.S. Forest Service after learning that a number of other national forests require environmental assessments prior to oil and gas drilling. Read more...

Enviro group seeks halt to drilling in Allegheny National Forest - May 29, 2008 The Land Letter reports on how oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny does not follow the same regulations that govern other Forest Servie lands in other parts of the country. Read more...

ADP says USFS using double standard - May 27, 2008 The Warren Times Observer reports on the Allegheny National Forests's failure to regulate private oil and gas drilling despite the fact that other national forests do just that. Read more...

Forest Service disregards federal law to avoid regulating oil and gas drilling - May 22, 2008 The Forest Service has long held that private oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny is not subject to environmental analysis and public comment. The Ottawa National Forest proves otherwise. Read more...

Battle continues over logging, drilling on ANF - May 21, 2008 The battle over logging and oil and gas drilling on the Allegheny National Forest has been stepped up a notch, as the Allegheny Defense Project is calling on the U.S. Forest Service to refrain from logging operations that have been approved since the new forest management plan went into effect in February. Read more...

ADP calls on Forest Service to withdraw timber sales - May 16, 2008 The Allegheny Defense Project is calling on the Forest Service to withdraw timber sales prepared under the 2007 Forest Plan until the agency complies with the Forest Service Chief's orders the Forest Plan's deficiencies. Read more...

TAKE ACTION: Tell Forest Service to cancel Tract 13 federal oil and gas lease to PGE - May 9, 2008 The Forest Service wants to lease 101 acres of federal minerals to PGE for drilling 6 oil and gas wells in the Salmon Creek watershed. Read more...

Forest Service withdraws South Branch Kinzua Creek timber sale - April 29, 2008 ADP appealed project for failure to comply with forest plan. Read more...

Drilling Dilemma in Pennsylvania State Forests - April 27, 2008 The Harrisburg Patriot News published two op-eds in a "point-counterpoint" series regarding Gov. Rendell's lifting of a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania's state forests. Read more...

Rimrock hike and picnic - April 27, 2008 Join Allegheny Outdoor Adventures and Allegheny Defense Project for a hike and picnic at the scenic Rimrock Overlook. Read more...

Forest Service violates Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law - April 24, 2008 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issues "notice of violation" for Forest Service's failure to obtain sewer system permits for at least three facilities in the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

TAKE ACTION - April 22, 2008 Tell Forest Service to withdraw misguided Mead's Mill project and instead take steps to restore this areas forests and watersheds. Read more...

Rimrock hike and picnic - April 20, 2008 Join Allegheny Outdoor Adventures and Allegheny Defense Project for a hike and picnic at the scenic Rimrock Overlook. Read more...

Allegheny Front Environmental Radio reports on gas drilling in state forests - April 9, 2008 Gov. Rendell's Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources lifts ban to allow more gas drilling on Pennsylvania's public forestlands. Read more...

Forest Service evades environmental laws to lease federal minerals - April 9, 2008 Forest Service exempts leasing proposal from traditional environmental analysis and public comment citing new authority granted under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Read more...

Oil company tell public that Rimrock is "going to get drilled" - April 7, 2008 Darryl Pierce, secretary and treasurer of PAPCO, says "there shouldn't be the controversy there is" about its plans to drill oil and gas wells around one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Gas drilling to resume on state forests - April 2, 2008 The ban on drilling started in 2003 and was one of the latest battles between the oil and gas industry, the government and environmentalists, who believe the ruling flies in the face of the Rendell administration's Pennsylvania Wilds Initiative. Read more...

DCNR surrenders to oil and gas industry demands - April 1, 2008 The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has lifted a ban on shallow oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania's state forests. DCNR is also considering leasing state forest land for deep gas well drilling. Read more...

Take Action - Tell Forest Service to Protect Rimrock Scenic Overlook - March 31, 2008 The Forest Service is considering a proposal that would allow at least one oil company to start drilling oil and gas wells at one of the Allegheny National Forest's most scenic and popular tourist destinations. Read more...

ADP appeals South Branch Kinzua Creek logging and drilling project - March 26, 2008 The Forest Service proposal threatens South Branch Kinzua Creek, one of the only Wilderness Trout Streams in the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Stone Pit Expansion Project slideshow - February 26, 2008 Check out ADP's latest slideshow regarding the Forest Service's proposal to give away stone from the Allegheny to oil and gas companies. Read more...

Forest Feedback: Allegheny's management plan gets a hard look - February 25, 2008 Rad the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's editorial on the recent forest plan appeal decision. Read more...

Documents reveal Forest Service proposal to give public resources to oil and gas companies - February 25, 2008 A Forest Service proposal to expand several stone pits in the Allegheny National Forest for "public and private road development" continues to draw criticism. Read more...

Forest Service asks for changes to Allegheny Forest plan - February 22, 2008 The U.S. Forest Service told Allegheny National Forest to redo parts of its management plan to clarify its authority to manage oil and gas drilling and because the plan does not take into account drilling's effect on air quality. Read more...

U.S. calls for changes to forest drilling plan - February 22, 2008 The U.S. Forest Service has ordered the Allegheny National Forest to redo the controversial oil and natural gas drilling sections of its 10-year management plan, saying the plan fails to assess teh cumulative effects of the drilling and does not comply with federal law. Read more...

Allegheny Forest Plan "Does Not Fully Comply" with Federal Law - February 21, 2008 The Washington Office of the US Forest Service tells local Forest Service officials that the new forest plan does not fully comply with federal law and lacked sufficient public participation opportunities. Read more...

TAKE ACTION! Stop Forest Service's Corporate Welfare for Oil and Gas Industry - February 18, 2008 Oil and gas companies want free stones from the Allegheny National Forest for their private road construction to facilitate more drilling. Take action to stop the Forest Service from actually meeting the oil and gas industry's demands. Read more...

Forest Service proposes to give away public resources to oil and gas industry - February 13, 2008 Forest Service proposes expanding eight stone pits so it can give away public resources for private road construction. Oil and gas companies are the dominant private road developrs on the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Timberline ATV Trail relocation will not protect timber rattlesnakes - January 16, 2008 Forest Service proposal does little to protect timber rattlesnakes and will have greater impacts on Red Lick Run, a high-quality, cold-water fishery. Read more...

Allegheny Front Environmental Radio reports on status of forest plan for Allegheny National Forest - January 16, 2008 Allegheny Front Environmental Radio reported today on the status of the new management plan for the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

TAKE ACTION! Protect timber rattlesnakes from ATV's - January 15, 2008 The Forest Service is proposing to relocate a portion of the Timberline ATV trail to protect timber rattlesnakes, but the proposal would do little if anything to actually protect this sensitive species. Read more...

Forest Service halts Minard Run Oil Company drilling project in Allegheny National Forest - September 15, 2007 Minard Run started cutting trees for road construction and well site clearing before the Forest Service approved the company's development plan. Read more...

TAKE ACTION! Defend Pennsylvania's State Forests from Oil and Gas Drilling! - September 14, 2007 Tell the DCNR that Pennsylvania's State Forests are too important for clean water, wildlife habitat, and recreation to be turned over to the oil and gas industry. Read more...

14th Annual Forest Defenders Gathering - September 14-16, 2007 Campout in Allegheny National Forest, Work to Defend the Forest, Hike Allegheny Wilderness, Lessons in Rock Climbing, Rappelling, and Caving, Learn about Logging, Oil & Gas Drilling. Photos of the Fall Gathering...

Roads to Infinity: Oil and Gas Assaults the Allegheny - September 12, 2007 Wildlands Center for the Prevention of Roads features the oil and gas drilling crisis in its Autumn issue of the Road-RIPorter. Read more...

DCNR considers lifting moratorium on shallow oil and gas leasing on state lands - September 11, 2007 The DCNR imposed a moratorium on leasing state lands for shallow oil and gas drilling in 2003. Now, due to rising energy prices and increased industry pressure, the DCNR is proposing to make state lands available for drilling. Read more...

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics reports on oil and gas drilling in Allegheny - August 22 , 2007 National organization of current, former, and retired Forest Service officials call oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny a "blight on the land" in their Fall 2007 issue of Forest Magazine. Read more...

Allegheny Defense Project partners with LightHawk and Presque Isle Audubon to document oil and gas drilling - August, 17 2007 The environmental non-profit aviation organization LightHawk recently flew members of the Allegheny Defense Project and Presque Isle Audubon over the Allegheny National Forest to document the five "Most Threatened Landscapes." Read more...

Forest Service proposes leasing mineral rights it owns in Salmon Creek, one of the "Most Threatened Landscapes" in the Allegheny - July 24, 2007 The Forest Service proposal is based on outdated environmental analysis from over 20 years ago. Please take action to protect this "threatened landscape." Read more...

Groups Appeal Forest Service Management Plan for the Allegheny National Forest - July 2, 2007 A coalition of groups and individuals has appealed the Forest Service's revised management plan for the Allegheny National Forest. The coalition says the revised plan does not reflect the public's values or desires for more recreation and protection of public resources. Read more...

Forest Service identifies "Most Threatened Landscapes" - June 14, 2007 In 2005, the Forest Service compiled a list of "Most Threatened" and "Potentially Threatened" Landscapes in the Allegheny National Forest. Most of these areas are threatened as a result of oil and gas drilling. The Forest Service withheld this information from the public throughout the Forest Plan Revision process. Read more...

Allegheny National Forest Slideshows - May 29, 2007 New slideshows further document the impacts of oil and gas drilling on Pennsylvania's only national forest. Read more...

Document Reveals Concerns about Oil and Gas Drilling - April 18, 2007 A 2003 letter from the Warren County Conservation District to the EPA reveals concerns about exempting oil and gas drilling from erosion and sedimentation control permit requirements. Read more...

Allegheny Defense Project's Aerial Monitoring Takes Off - April 12, 2007 Recent flyover of the Allegheny National Forest reveals massive impact of oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

North Country Trail Used as Oil and Gas Road - April 9, 2007 Howard Drilling recently used a segment of the North Country Trail near Red Bridge as their private oil and gas road. Check out this slideshow documenting the destruction of this National Scenic Trail. Read more...

New Allegheny National Forest Plan Out of Balance - April 1, 2007 Forest Service states in the Final EIS for the plan, "those seeking a more remote and less devloped recreation experience could be displaced to other State or National Forests..." Read more...

Forest Service files objections to oil and gas wells - March 27, 2007 Forest Service cites impacts to recreation opportunities in the Allegheny National Forest justify objecting to these wells. Read more...

Oil and gas drilling from the air - February 27, 2007 See the effects of oil and gas drilling from a recent flight over the Allegheny National Forest. Read more...

Hellbender Chronicles Updated - January 2, 2007 The Allegheny Front National Recreation Area is threatened. You can watch a slideshow of the action by visiting our new, revised Hellbender Chronicles. Read more...

Allegheny National Forest Roadless Areas Threatened - November 1, 2006 The US Forest Service has revived plans to construct roads and conduct clearcut logging activities within three Allegheny National Forest roadless areas. Read more...

13th Annual Forest Defenders Gathering - September 15-17, 2006 Campout in Allegheny National Forest, Work to Defend the Forest, Hike Allegheny Wilderness, Lessons in Fly Fishing, Geocaching, and Caving, Learn about Logging, Oil & Gas Drilling. More Info on the Gathering...

HIKE: From Magnificence to MisManagement and Back Again - June 24th, 2006 Join the Allegheny Defense Project on Saturday, June 24, for an exploration of the wild Allegheny Forests - and the abuse of America's most endangered national forest. More Info on the Hike...

See photos of Oil Development that Threatens Allegheny National Forest...

Allegheny National Forest Endangered - June 5th, 2006 The US Forest Service's proposed management plan for the Allegheny National Forest would ensure two more decades of management for extraction industries at the public expense. Read our Fact Sheet...

Allegheny National Forest DRAFT Management Plan Released- 2006 In 1986, the Forest Service adopted the current management plan declaring that the assumptions therein were valid for only ten years. A DRAFT of a new forest plan has been released - and it doesn't appear that they have bothered to update those assumptions. Logging, Oil & Gas Drilling, and ATVs still dominate the management of a national forest created for watershed protection. Be sure to check back for updates...