State official argues for more funds to keep eye on drilling

KINGSTON -- Tim Schaeffer, director of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Bureau of Policy, Planning and Communications, on Tuesday said the commission’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee has recommended the state Legislature consider providing additional resources so the commission can continue its efforts to protect state waterways and wildlife from “potential degradation by ...

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