Forest watch is the practice of on the ground monitoring of agencies, companies, and individuals responsible for resource extraction and damage on public lands. The Allegheny National Forest (ANF) is more threatened now than ever before.

ADP's Forest Watch Program can be viewed through our four campaigns: Water Quality and Watersheds, Natural Heritage, Industrial Extraction, and Recreation.

Water Quality and Watersheds
Natural Heritage	Industrial Extraction	Recreation

Forest fragmentation, contamination of streams and freshwater aquifers, and habitat destruction from oil and gas development, and logging are driving the forest ecosystem to a point of no return. It is now or never for the Allegheny. Drilling for unconventional shale gas has now begun on the Allegheny as an additional impact to conventional (stripper well developments) and clear cut activities.

Green Mountain National Forest: unfragmented forest	Allegheny National Forest: clearcuts, roads, pipelines, and oil and gas wells in Elk County, PA

ADP believes the Allegheny National Forest should be managed to protect water quality, sustain viable populations of wildlife species, and provide opportunities for quality recreation opportunities that do not severely impact soil quality and other forest users. ADP's Forest Watch Program is the means through which we can make these changes.