Wildlife & Ecology
Explore the articles and maps below to learn the impact of fracking on wildlife and ecology. Oil and gas activities can harm endangered species, critical habitats, watersheds, and ecosystems by polluting the air and water, installing disrupting infrastructure such as roads or pipelines, creating noise and light pollution, and more.
FracTracker Articles & Maps – Wildlife & Ecology
Learn about the impact of fracking on wildlife and ecology through visualizations such as maps, digital atlases of critical watersheds, and aerial photography.

Dimock residents working to protect water from a new threat: fracking waste
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Sen. Muth and Dimock, PA residents are fighting a permitted Eureka Resource Susquehanna facility that puts their water at risk.

Victoria’s Story
The story of Victoria Switzer, a Dimock resident who is leading the charge to protect Burdick Creek and Dimock from toxic fracking waste.

Gas Storage Plan vs. Indigenous Rights in Nova Scotia
The Mi’kmaq First Nations people are facing threats to their lands and water due to plans in Nova Scotia proposed by AltaGas.

Birds of Northeastern Pennsylvania Threatened by Fracking Development
Information on which bird species in northeastern Pennsylvania are affected by the fracking industry’s expansion.

The fight to protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Regulatory actions to open ANWR for drilling in ANWR have significant and potentially grievous implications for Alaska’s Native peoples, and do not bode well for Alaska’s air, water, and landscape, and the biodiverse species such as the Porcupine caribou that call it home.

Oil and Gas Wells on California State Lands
The fossil fuel industry has historically taken advantage of…