It’s been a fun semester, and we would like to thank everyone that’s been involved including Professor Kazempour and Kathleen from Blue Marsh. We learned a lot during this project. It takes a lot of hard work to keep a place like Blue Marsh going. Just in case you would like to help out, you can contact them at : 610-376-6337. We also learned a lot from out research of Fracking. Its hard to believe that in total they use 72 trillion gallons of water and pump 360 billion chemicals into the ground, which by the way are mostly non biodegradable! ill leave you with this question, is the environmental impact caused by Fracking really worth the economic gain? Thanks again for such a great Semester!

 

Our group went to Blue Marsh Friday April 10th and Monday April the 14th. While there we worked on taking out the railroad ties, and leveling out the benches throughout the trails. When we got there looking at them, we didn’t think they would be that heavy. Later as we started moving the ties, we found out the ties were actually heavier then what we had thought. Next time we go there we plan on taking a tour.

Our team is currently researching Fracking. Fracking is the process of drilling and injecting fluid at high pressure. It fractures shale rocks with releases the natural gas inside. How does this have an environmental impact? Well each job takes 1-8 million gallons of water, and uses up to 600 chemicals. Now that may not sound that bad, but there are 500,000 sites in the US which amounts to about 72 trillion gallons of water and 360 billions gallons of chemical!

Hello Everyone, we are the Fantastic Four and we finally had our meeting with Kathleen at Blue Marsh! We have decided that we will be helping in trail rehabilitation. This will encompass taking out Railroad Ties that were put in previously to stop the trail from eroding away. We keep you updated on out progress!

Hi Everyone ! we wanted to let you know we’re the fantastic four ! Us Penn Stater’s are Adrienne Cameron Darrell and Richard. Darrell is a junior from Hamburg PA double majoring is security risk analysis and information sciences. Cameron is a junior from Hamburg PA also majoring in security risk analysis. I’m (Adrienne) is a Freshman from West Chester PA majoring in applied psychology. Richard is a senior majoring is information sciences. For our project were not sure yet what we are doing, but we are set to meet with a lady from Blue Marsh Next Monday the 16th So I will update this  then ! stay tuned (: