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1 Trout Unlimited and the Kittatinny Ridge Coalition

2 Trout Unlimited TU works to protect, reconnect, restore and sustain North America s coldwater fisheries and their watersheds. We use science to drive conservation priorities. 2

3 Conservation Planning Analysis for Pipeline Infrastructure Placement

4 Marcellus Shale - Pipelines Credit: NPR 4

5 Natural Gas Pipelines 5

6 Pipeline Routing Analysis Goal: Identify coldwater resources and other highpriority areas of ecological significance where major pipeline infrastructure should be avoided, or sited with significant mitigation. Heat map of ecologically significant areas.

7 Pipeline Planning web map

8 Concept Conservation planning question of interest Themes of key information available as spatial datasets Preliminary mapped results, expert review and map refinement Fisheries Where are high priority conservation areas where pipeline development should be avoided? Water Quality Biodiversity Intact Landscapes Outreach to stakeholders and final report

9 Potential Users Industry o Early pipeline planning o Prioritizing areas for enhanced best management practices to minimize impacts o Prioritizing mitigation efforts Focus Group Academy of Natural Sciences American Petroleum Institute The Conservation Fund Consol Energy Delaware River Basin Commission EQT Marcellus Shale Coalition National Park Service The Nature Conservancy New York DEC Audubon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DCNR Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment UGI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Williams

10 Potential Users Federal and state agencies o Discussing route adjustments to avoid highest concern areas o Adding permitting conditions to protect water quality, intact forests, habitat Focus Group Academy of Natural Sciences American Petroleum Institute The Conservation Fund Consol Energy Delaware River Basin Commission EQT Marcellus Shale Coalition National Park Service The Nature Conservancy New York DEC Audubon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DCNR Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment UGI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Williams

11 Potential Users Conservationists o Analyzing pipeline proposals to support science-based discussions about impacts Focus Group Academy of Natural Sciences American Petroleum Institute The Conservation Fund Consol Energy Delaware River Basin Commission EQT Marcellus Shale Coalition National Park Service The Nature Conservancy New York DEC Audubon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania DCNR Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment UGI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Williams

12 Pipeline planning web map

13 Pipeline planning web map

14 Wild Trout Stream Assessments/Protection

15 Wild Trout Stream Designations TU seeks PA wild trout stream designations Wild Trout = support naturally reproducing populations of brook, brown or rainbow trout Class A = have highest wild trout biomass Wild trout status provides increased protections in permit review process

16 Wild Trout Streams TU has electrofished 700+ streams since 2011 found new wild trout populations nearly 40% of the time

17 TU Wild Trout Surveys

18 Wild Trout Streams Ten new wild trout streams were identified by Trout Unlimited on the Kittatinny Ridge in

19 Wild Trout Streams TU spearheads efforts to generate public comments supporting wild trout listings. More than 1,000 miles of streams were protected in the past year.

20 Wild Trout Streams Advocacy Opportunity Six Kittatinny Ridge streams proposed for upgrades in January 2018, including two we surveyed for the coalition: Carbon County: Headwater trib of Mahoning Creek Northampton County: Mill Creek 20

21 Wild Trout Streams Deadline to comment: December

22 Wild Trout Streams Ten new wild trout streams were identified by Trout Unlimited on the Kittatinny Ridge in

23 Questions? David Kinney Mid-Atlantic Policy Director mobile: landline: facebook.com/dkinneytu

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