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Name ______________________________________What’s going on in Pennsylvania?431419047244000Background: Pennsylvania has 5 main watersheds sub divided into 104 smaller ones. As you have seen throughout this section, land use activities affect water quality. This activity will allow you to see what land use activities are going on in PA and how it affects the water here. This map shows all the streams and surface water in the United States. PA Facts: CapitalHarrisburgState AbbreviationPAGovernor/Lt Governor:Tom Wolfe/ Michael J. Stack III Senators:Bob Casey (D), Pat Toomey (R) US Representatives18MottoVirtue, liberty and independenceLand Area44,817 sq miNumber of counties67State parks116Current population12,702,379State SymbolsFlowerMountain LaurelTreeHemlock BirdRuffed grouseDog Great DaneColorsBlue and GoldSongPennsylvania (1990)NicknameKeystone State10 largest cities and populationsPhiladelphia1,526,006Pittsburg305,704Allentown118,032Erie101,786Reading88,082Scranton76,415Bethlehem71,329Lancaster56,348Harrisburg48,950Altoona49,523For this activity, you will use the data provided to show on the map of PA where certain land use activities are occurring. Once you have this data modeled, use this information plus what we have discussed in class to answer the journal response on Moodle (Snyder) /email (Mansberger) by _______________________________Journal Question:You are a property owner of 19acres of land that contains Marcellus Shale. A natural gas company has approached you and offered $20,000 plus $800 per acre per year that they obtain natural gas. Would you agree to this contract? Why or why not. Your explanation needs to include information about fracking and it economic and environmental impact from information we discussed in class and from the film Gasland. Data:CountyFarm Acres(per 20,000)Forest Acres(per 20,000)Population(per 20,000)Number of Shale Permits for fracking(per 50)Adams95180Bedford1123100*Blair411260*Bradford17221240Cameron01221Centre827263Chester105860Clearfield327165Clinton225163Columbia68120*Dauphin58500Franklin1312260Fulton51020Huntingdon72180*Juniata5840Lackawanna210401Lancaster215820Lebanon62240Luzerne319640*Lycoming1302415Mifflin410100Montour2240Northumberland66180Perry61280Potter53043Schuylkill518300Snyder5580Sullivan21222Susquehanna1017816Tioga1125824Union3680Wyoming3864York148760* There are shale permits in these counties. Less than 50 so they are not considered for this data setKey: Use the following to represent the data on your mapFarm: Red dotsPopulation: Purple dots Forest:Green dots Shale Permit: Black dots ................
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