Environmental Geosciences, V. 18, No. 4 (December 2011), P. 213–215.

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DOI:10.1306/eg.09211111010

Susquehanna River Basin Commission research related to natural gas development

David Heicher¹

¹Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), 1721 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; [email protected]

AUTHOR

Mr. Heicher has 34 yr of experience in the field of water resource management, currently serving as the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's (SRBC's) Manager of Research and Grants. From 1996 to 2010, he was chief of SRBC's Division of Watershed Assessment and Protection, serving as a senior adviser to the executive director on issues related to water quality, fisheries, and other aquatic resources and supervising a staff of 13 permanent employees and several temporary employees. From 1984 to 1996, he was a program specialist with SRBC, serving as the project review coordinator for SRBC regulatory activities. He served as an environmental planner and environmental impact analyst (biologist) with the Buffalo District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1977 to 1984 and as an aquatic biologist and an assistant benthos section leader with Ichthyological Associates in 1977. He has a B.S. degree in biology from Penn State University, an M.S. degree in biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an M.S. degree in multidisciplinary studies (Natural Resource Management) from the State University College at Buffalo, New York.

For information on the regulatory program of SRBC, see www.srbc.net.