Students Respond to Illegal Drilling in Yellow Creek!

IUP students frequently make day trips out to Yellow Creek State Park during those too few precious sunny days here at school.  This space is currently being threatened by MDS Energy who began illegally drilling a Marcellus Shale natural gas well within the protected state park and who are applying for a special exemption permit to drill a well within the conservation buffer zone of Yellow Creek State Park.

On Monday night a public hearing was held in the Indiana County Courthouse and 15 IUP Rapid Responders attended. We came out to learn and to make our voices heard.  We are currently working on writing an official testimony in response to this proposed drilling and building relationships with Friends of Yellow Creek and IUP E.C.O. so that we can SAVE YELLOW CREEK!

Check out the Indiana Gazette article on the hearing…

Indiana Gazette Article on the public hearing!

Join IUP Rapid Response and save Yellow Creek!