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A vote is soon expected in the State House on H.B. 1904. This legislation would hamstring our ability to protect Pennsylvania’s only national forest—the Allegheny National Forest—from gas drilling. Gas drilling companies already have access to 700,000 acres of our state forests for drilling; they’re pressing for mineral rights that are held under our state parks; and they have ability to lease most of the private land that makes up the vast majority of property in the Marcellus Shale region. Why should our elected officials even consider removing federal protections for certain land within the Allegheny National Forest. PLEASE CONTACT your State Representative and urge her/him to vote AGAINST HB 1904.