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Thursday, June 22, 2006
7:18:00 PM EDT
Feeling Angry
Walking in Kanawha State Forest is usually a calming experience for me. I get so enmeshed in the wildness that I feel like I could just hang out there all day. Today I walked up Polly Hollow trail took a right onto Wildcat trail, passed the junction with Beech Glen trail and after about a mile came upon a disaster, I was no longer calm. A new road, bulldozed by a company called Equitable, cut through an area that may not have been disturbed in a long, long time. There is a tree cross section pictured here that had 108 rings--it started growing in 1898!! I am amazed that they can just go where they want with huge roads--this road was 60 feet wide where it crosses and obliterates a piece of Wildcat trail. I am wondering if there is any law at all. Can they do this as often as they want and wherever in the forest they want.? Does owning the mineral rights give the right to tear up the surface? What can be done? Can we demand that no more new wells be drilled in Kanawha State Forest?
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7:18:00 PM EDT
Feeling Angry
KanawhaStateForest Gas Well Wildcat Trail
Walking in Kanawha State Forest is usually a calming experience for me. I get so enmeshed in the wildness that I feel like I could just hang out there all day. Today I walked up Polly Hollow trail took a right onto Wildcat trail, passed the junction with Beech Glen trail and after about a mile came upon a disaster, I was no longer calm. A new road, bulldozed by a company called Equitable, cut through an area that may not have been disturbed in a long, long time. There is a tree cross section pictured here that had 108 rings--it started growing in 1898!! I am amazed that they can just go where they want with huge roads--this road was 60 feet wide where it crosses and obliterates a piece of Wildcat trail. I am wondering if there is any law at all. Can they do this as often as they want and wherever in the forest they want.? Does owning the mineral rights give the right to tear up the surface? What can be done? Can we demand that no more new wells be drilled in Kanawha State Forest?
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