The 2017 – 2018 cohort of TeenShale meets for first in-house & in-field experience
This year’s cohort of TeenShale Network consists of eight returning participants (10th – 12th graders) and eight new team members (8th & 9th graders). Reviews of shale gas development and possible environmental issues in PA, hypotheses emerging from data collected in prior years, and the introduction of Orphaned and Abandoned legacy oil/gas wells (OAWs) were all included in the morning introduction discussions. An afternoon at Black Moshannon State Park provided the hands-on demonstration and one-on-one mentoring between the veteran members and the new participants. The cohort will gain knowledge in the methods available to locate orphaned and abandoned wells and determine if any are located in their watershed. In addition, the team will apply their water quality monitoring techniques to a new stream, Wallace Run, this fall to measure the water quality surrounding a known OAW.
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TeenShale Outreach 2017-2018 cohort
Dave Yoxtheimer, hydrogeologist with Penn State's Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research and associate with Penn State's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, presents shale gas development with TSN participants.
Discussions continure with D. Yoxtheimer
Nooreen Meghani, associate with Penn State's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, describes orphaned and abandoned wells and the environmental impacts to the state of PA
Matthew Carroll, science writer with Penn State's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, shares crowd source funding opportunities for this year.
TSN veteran participants demonstrate the tools used in water quality monitoring.
Hands-on FlowTracker II set-up.
Brandon Forsythe, CZO watershed specialist and associate with Penn State's Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, explains how the HOBO sensors measure environmental parameters in 15 minute time-step.
Measuring stream velocity with the FlowTracker II.
Measuring stream velocity with the FlowTracker II.
All participants are engaged in water quality monitoring at Black Moshannon State Park.
Critters in the stream.
The 2017-2018 TSN cohort.
People Involved
CZO
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Shale Hills, STAFF
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Shale Hills, STAFF
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National, Eel, Luquillo, Shale Hills, INVESTIGATOR, COLLABORATOR
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