Pennsylvania Biological Survey

Scientists, wildlife managers, and policy makers working together to sustain biological diversity

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Just out—a book by the PABS Mycological Technical Committee:

The Importance of Fungi

PABS position statements

16 May 2025: Public Comment on the Proposed Rescission of the Regulatory Definition of “Harm” under the Endangered Species Act

12 May 2014: Comments on the “Shale Gas Monitoring Report,” by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

13 September 2013: Testimony concerning House Bill 1576, which would limit the independence of the Game Commission and the Fish and Boat Commission to protect endangered species in Pennsylvania based on scientific evidence

2 September 2012: Letter to Governor Corbett concerning unanticipated cut in funding for the Wild Resource Conservation Program

28 November 2011: Letter to Governor Corbett supporting a tax or impact fee on Marcellus Shale drilling

28 September 2010: Letter to Governor link  Rendell supporting a tax or impact fee on Marcellus Shale drilling

7 May 2010: Letter to Game Commission concerning impacts of wind power facilities on wildlife

22 April 2010: Letter to Governor Rendell supporting a moratorium on Marcellus Shale drilling

10 June 2009: Letter to Senator Specter and Congressman Carney supporting Audubon’s request for funding for eradication and prohibition of wild swine in Pennsylvania

10 June 2009: Letter to Governor Rendell opposing reallocation of funds derived from Marcellus Shale gas leases on State Forest lands to non-conservation purposes

January 2008: Letter concerning impact of link  wind power facilities on wildlife