Marcellus and national parks

February 25, 2011

Marcellus and national parks

Anonymous The Register-Herald Fri Feb 25, 2011, 12:05 AM EST

Units of the National Park System that are endangered by Marcellus shale formations overlying or near the unit.

Note: * Parks most at risk because deposits exist within and immediately adjacent to their boundaries.

*Allegheny Portage Railroad

National Historic Site

Andrew Johnson National

Historic Site

Appalachian National

Scenic Trail

Blue Ridge Parkway

*Bluestone National Scenic

Riverway

Booker T Washington

National Monument

Cedar Creek & Belle

Grove National Historic

Park

Cumberland Gap National

Historic Park

Cuyahoga Valley National

Recreation Area

Delaware Water Gap

National Recreation Area

Eisenhower National

Historic Site

Eleanor Roosevelt

National Historic Site

*Flight 93 National

Monument

*Fort Necessity National

Battlefield

*Fort Stanwix National

Monument

*Friendship Hills National

Historic Site

*Gauley River National

Recreation Area

Gettysburg National

Military Park

Great Smoky Mountains

National Park

Harpers Ferry National

Historic Park

Home of Franklin D.

Roosevelt National

Historic Site

Hopewell Culture National

Historic Park

*James A Garfield National

Historic Site

Johnstown Flood National

Memorial

Martin Van Buren National

Historic Site

*Middle Delaware National

Scenic Riverway

Morristown National

Historic Park

*New River Gorge National

River

Saratoga National Historic

Park

Shenandoah National Park

*Steamtown National

Historic Site

Theodore Roosevelt

Inaugural National Historic

Site

*Upper Delaware Scenic

and Recreational River

Vanderbilt Mansion

National Historic Site

Women’s Rights National

Historic Park

— Source: National Park System

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