Moshannon State Forest

We glided along gravel roads that crisscross the lush green forests inn search of two favorite spots identified by the camp hosts; Panther Rocks (a rugged outcropping that appears right in the middle of otherwise rolling forestland-very out of place) and Shaggers Inn Dam (a quiet impoundment nestled in the woods…one of the few places osprey nest in PA..we saw the nesting pair!).  It felt like passing though a place where no one else had been…until…the gas exploration zone.  Oh man, what a disappointment.  Fenced in tank farms and wells and a huge brine processing system to manage fracking fluids.  It is like a blight.  IT is still a mostly beautiful place but makes one wonder if we have all our priorities right.

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