March 2009

Landfill fight revs up with railroad study

by Michael Sparr

“We were disappointed it was not an

auditorium-style sit-down meeting,” said

The landfill saga in Rush Township con-

Gail Harris of Boggs Township.

tinues, taking on a new dimension after the

Instead, the presentation, meant to intro-

R.J. Corman Railroad Company applied to

duce the idea of re-activating and building

reactivate

20 miles of railroad between

the rail line from Clearfield to Centre

Clearfield County and Snow Shoe

Counties, was held in the Philipsburg-

Township. The former Beech Creek

Osceola Area High School gymnasium

Railroad is planned to serve a new quarry,

without any seats. Tall display boards were

landfill and industrial park being developed

set up to show various maps where the rail-

by Resource Recovery, LLC.

road would be constructed and re-activated.

Among the more than 100 residents who

Attendees were able to view the maps and

turned out to a Feb. 10 informational meet-

ask questions pertaining to the railroad and

ing, the majority voiced concerns on at least

the STB’s Environmental Impact Statement

two fronts. First, the ongoing effort to keep

process.

Resource Recovery from building the land-

An STB official explained that the agency

fill, and second, the years of work local res-

will then do an environmental impact study

idents have put into building and maintain-

13 specific categories and send the

ing this Rails to Trails project as a benefit to

results to Washington D.C. The study will

the community.

include categories such as safety, air quali-

“We (the community) are very disap-

ty, noise, and effect on recreational facili-

pointed in the way the STB is going about

ties. Comments and observations from the

the scoping process,” Rush Township

public will also be considered in the study,

Voices file photo

Supervisor Mike Savage said after the meet-

according to an STB handout.

Residents of Rush Township are concerned that this railroad and its associated Rails to Trails initiative

ing. “Almost everyone thought they’d have

Representatives of STB, TranSystems,

will revert to use for a proposed landfill if the Surface Transportation Board approves the move.

a chance to discuss the process.

headquartered in Kansas City, R.J. Corman

Unfortunately that was not the case,”

Railroad Group based in Kentucky, People

efits everyone. It is more environmentally

opportunities versus truck drivers from New

Savage said.

Protecting Communities, and Rails to Trails

friendly than trucks,” Tim Potts, R.J.

Jersey or wherever.”

The meeting itself did not turn out as

were on hand to answer questions.

Corman Railroad’s Clearfield Division

many hoped, causing attendees to question

Resource Recovery officials did not attend.

manager, told Voices . “And if it comes by

see Landfill , pg. 14

if their voice had any effect.

“If the landfill happens, the railroad ben-

rail there will be more local employment

Alice Fuller: The first lady of birdwatching

by Delia Guzman

birders of some of my friends. Once I flew

in a game warden’s plane to chase migrat-

“There’s the artistic, poetic kind of birdwatcher who sees the

Alice Fuller’s “Bird Watch” column just

ing snow geese, and I used to drive out onto

beauty of the bird and listens to the song. That’s what Alice

completed its 15th year in Voices , and in

the prairies to find sage grouse hens.

does; she’s a poetic birder, and that’s what she writes in her

those years she’s never missed an issue;

“Once, a friend and I had three flat tires

that’s 150 columns of her poetic and fact-

columns.”

on one trip to see the sage hens!”

filled observations about the natural world

-Ted Fuller

After a few years in Bismarck, Alice was

and its avian inhabitants. Voices celebrated

called back east when her mother became

the milestone by talking with Alice about

ill, and she began working as an editor at

her life watching birds. Ed.

the Agricultural Experimental Station at

In a life dominated by birds, it’s hard to

Penn State. Her life would take another turn

pick out any one special moment as a

Cornell University to study ornithology

are the giants of American ornithology in

quickly thereafter.

favorite birding experience; such is the case

with Dr. Allen.”

the 20th century.

“I was at my cousin’s one day, and I saw

for lifetime birdwatcher and octogenarian

“Dr. Allen” is Dr. Arthur Allen, the

After college, Alice’s first job was in “the

a man sitting there on the couch smoking a

Alice Fuller.

ornithologist who founded the world-

wilds of North Dakota,” she said, in 1947 as

big cigar. I thought he was just one of the

“I grew up in upstate New York, among

renowned Cornell Laboratory

an editor for a monthly magazine, North

rude cousins,” Alice said. This

“rude

the dairy farms in Afton,” Alice said. “We

Ornithology and created the first graduate

Dakota Outdoors , with an office in the capi-

cousin” turned out to be Ted Fuller and,

fed birds on the farm, and walking around I

program in that subject in North America.

tol building in Bismarck. Once there, she

despite her first impressions, they married

saw a lot of them. One day, I saw a myrtle

His student and research partner, Peter

started teaching the friends she made about

in 1955.

warbler, or yellow-rumped warbler as it’s

Kellogg, was Alice Fuller’s advisor when

birding.

“I always say there are two kinds of bird-

called now. I went inside and identified the

she completed her master’s degree in 1946

“There weren’t any [birdwatching] clubs

bird using Peterson’s [field guide], and I

in what was then called Environmental

or anything established out there, but I

see Fuller , pg. 12

decided right then that I was going to

Science. Among birdwatchers, these men

guess I started a trend. I made life-long

March 2009

Clearfield, Centre and Huntingdon coun-

from Fuller , pg. 11

ties.

“One time, we were driving in the boon-

ers,” Ted said. “There are the scientific kind,

docks in Clearfield County, and we got

the listers, who talk about the details and

stuck in a mud puddle,” Alice said.

the field markings of the birds. They’re

“Luckily, we went to a house nearby, with

obsessed with counting and details, like

some nice ladies who called some men to

they’re getting scalps. Then there’s the artis-

pull us out of the puddle.”

tic, poetic kind of birdwatcher who sees the

The Fullers all laughed when Voices sug-

beauty of the bird and listens to the song.

gested that they might be considered the

That’s what Alice does; she’s a poetic bird-

“First Family of State College Birding,”

er, and that’s what she writes in her

saying that other people would more rightly

columns.”

deserve such a title. Still, the family has

“I learned enough science when I was in

been birding together for more than

college,” Alice added. So, in addition to

years.

helpful information about field marks and

Daughter Roana learned about birds from

bird songs, she has tried to bring the beauty

Alice, but her interest waned as school

and the poetry of nature and of birds to her

began to occupy more of her time.

readers each month in her columns, often

However, during the compilation of the first

telling personal stories of being in nature

breeding bird atlas, she went along on trips

with the birds and watching their habits.

with her mother and Bordner. She said they

Alice often mentions Ted and their

renewed her interest in birding.

daughter Roana in her column, and from

“I’d gone off to college by this point, and

Photo by Debra Grim

their earliest days together, the family took

I wasn’t really birding then,” Roana said.

Alice and Roana Fuller look on as Ted Fuller points out a sign for the Fuller Wetlands—no relation—near

trips to see birds all over the country,

“But I got back into birding because of

the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology on the Cornell University campus lands.

including many trips back to the prairies

Mom and Dorothy’s atlassing trips.” Her

and the Badlands of North Dakota. They

interest has continued to this day, and the

Finally, during a late-winter visit to Lloyd

veery because their songs are so beautiful.

hope to go birding in the state once again

Fullers and Bordner also contributed to the

Bentsen State Park in the Rio Grande Valley

Out West, I love to hear the canyon wren’s

this June, and they just took their yearly trip

upcoming atlas, with Roana taking a major

of Texas — far too early for the bird to have

song; it’s also beautiful. And I love black

to see the coastal birds of Delaware and

role, coordinating several blocks and count-

started its migratory journey back north into

terns, the way they fly; they’re so elegant.

Maryland last month.

ing birds all over the county.

the U.S.— she saw one.

“I like crows too; they’re so smart. I call

One of the major Pennsylvania birding

Ted modestly summed up his role in the

In the 1970s, Alice began writing about

them DOSCs: ‘dispassionate observers of

projects in which Alice participated was the

family’s birding adventures this way: “I see

the birds of central Pennsylvania for the

the contemporary scene.’ Bluejays are smart

state’s first breeding bird atlas in 1984, a

something, and I point it out, and they do

Clearfield Progress .

too.”

publication she often quotes in her columns.

the identification. I’m not too good at that!”

“The publisher was a birder, and so he

She said she has been to too many won-

A breeding bird atlas lists the bird species

Like all birders, Alice has had her share

asked me to write a column,” Alice said.

derful places to pick a favorite birding spot

that are found in the state during the breed-

of frustrating bird searches. For years, she

“Then I started writing for the Centre Daily

either.

ing season (April-June); the state is divided

tried to see a painted bunting, a bird whose

Times for a little while, and then I started

“There are so many of them,” Alice said.

up into “blocks,” and local birders volunteer

breeding plumage features the rainbow-like

with Voices .” Alice has also been published

“Ding Darling, Cape May and Stone Harbor

to roam the highways and back roads of

colors of tropical parrots.

such national

magazines as

[in New Jersey], Merritt Island [in Florida]

each block they sign up for.

“We went to Florida, to Corkscrew

Birdwatcher’s Digest .

and Ocean City, Md., in the winter.

Alice and her friend, artist Dorothy

Swamp and Ding Darling

[National

When asked to name her favorite bird,

“I’d love to go back to Belize, Trinidad,

Bordner, who provides the illustrations for

Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel Island, Fla.],

Alice cannot name just one.

Panama — that’s a great place for birds —

“Bird Watch,” traveled many miles, count-

looking for this bird,” Alice said. “But we

“I’ve always loved black-capped chick-

and Australia, New Zealand.

ing birds, watching for nesting/breeding

were always there an hour before or an hour

adees and bobolinks, because I grew up

“When I die, I hope I go to another world

behavior and braving the

“wilds” of

after someone else had seen one.”

with them. I love the hermit thrush and the

where there are more birds.”

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March 2009

Is nuclear power the answer to climate change?

construction site before finally being dis-

College Friends Peace & Social Action

waves. Nuclear reactors require large quan-

by the Peace & Social Action

posed of. At this time there is currently no

Committee that it should be reinstated.

tities of water to keep their cores cool—

Committee of Friends Meeting

known safe manner in which to dispose of

We have all heard about “emission cred-

water that is already in limited supply

The United Nations Climate Change

nuclear waste. The net result is that nuclear

its”—the trading among the 36 signers of

worldwide, even dangerously limited right

talks, which took place in The Hague in

power produces emissions of 73 to 230

the protocol—among industrial plants that

here in Centre County.

November 2000, determined that nuclear

grams of CO2 per kilowatt-hour of electric-

emit less carbon who can sell resulting

Climatologists tell us that if the demands

power is a dangerous and unnecessary tech-

ity produced.

credits to those who have exceeded their

of developing countries are met by burning

nology. In April of the following year, dur-

As there are a limited number of high-

allowances. This is seen as a loophole

fossil fuels, more and more carbon dioxide

ing

its

Sustainable

Development

grade uranium ore deposits, when these

allowing polluting industries in countries

and other greenhouse gases will enter the

Conference, the U.N. went further and

high-grade deposits become exhausted,

that signed the protocol to continue to pol-

atmosphere. This could lead to rising seas,

unequivocally denounced nuclear power as

lower-grade uranium ore will be have to be

lute the atmosphere. The Obama

elimination of other large bodies of water,

a sustainable technology. In an interview

used. This in turn will lead to CO2 emis-

Administration considered building more

fiercer storms, longer droughts, and severe

with England’s The Independent a

sions that are at even greater rates than coal-

nuclear reactors, which would have cost the

medical conditions. Some of these changes

spokesperson representing the International

fired stations. The result will be that even

taxpayers $50 billion but thankfully it did

are already in evidence. Recall that many of

Atomic Energy Agency admitted that it was

more CO2 will be released causing even

not become part of the stimulus plan. In

our U.S. cities have smog warnings. Such

very questionable that nuclear power could

more global warming.

addition, building more nuclear reactors

heavy air pollution is most notably causing

stop climate change.

In the Kyoto Protocol written at the June

will undoubtedly add more CO2 to the

a haze across southern Asia, mainly from

Is central Pennsylvania going to be

1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro,

atmosphere.

car exhaust. The recent Olympic Games

affected by nuclear power, considered by

Brazil and signed by President Bill Clinton,

In Pennsylvania, residents have noticed

held in China and the massive effort on the

many to be negatively altering our global

countries were asked to reduce greenhouse

that the summers are getting warmer and air

part of the Beijing authorities to clear the air

climate? The general public is led to believe

gases by specific percentages. President

conditioners are being used for longer peri-

before the games began was indeed a stark

that nuclear power is an endless source of

George W. Bush overturned it with the

ods of time. Scientists tell us that nuclear

reality.

energy that can abate our global climate

unfortunate result that Congress did not rat-

power does not work well in climates that

How can we stop or at least ameliorate

problems, but this is simply not the case.

ify the protocol. It was a clear embarrass-

are warming due to global changes in the

global warming? So far, the evidence tells

There are claims that the use of nuclear

ment to many of us who know that the

Earth’s weather patterns. Recall that in the

us that certainly not by adding more nuclear

power can stop or at least slow down cli-

United States produces 25 percent of the

summer of 2004 hundreds of people died

reactors across the globe. Nuclear power

mate change but this does not seem likely,

world’s greenhouse gas emissions with a

across Europe due to a massive heat wave.

plants, without a doubt, will exacerbate the

especially when considering the entirety of

projection of even more in the years to

Nuclear reactors were forced to shut down

global climate problem.

the nuclear fuel chain. The chain starts with

come. Should our citizenry ask President

in Europe and similarly in the United

The Peace & Social Action Committee of

uranium mining, which is then converted,

Barack Obama to reinstate The Kyoto

States. In fact, it is common to see nuclear

the State College Friends Meeting:

then enriched before being transported to a

Protocol? It is the opinion of the State

reactors being forced to close during heat

[email protected] or (814) 237-0242.

Handsome tundra swan heralds the onset of spring

by Alice Fuller

with their pure white bodies contrasting

with the deep blue surface.

Flying high, heading north. On a recent

The Tundra swan is the species we most

sunny Monday morning, the notes of call-

often see in our part of the country, and it is

ing voices floated down from blue skies.

the most common swan in North America.

One naturalist described it as musical

They live primarily on vegetable matter and

laughter. I raced into the house for binocu-

therefore choose to feed in shallow water.

lars; wet clothes could wait a bit to dry.

of a funny cartoon I had seen in Audubon

Their long necks can reach down to pull up

High overhead, in a long thin V, a flock of

magazine. The cartoonist had sketched

roots of wild plants, and they can submerge

swans moved swiftly across the sky.

some swans flying in an inverted V with the

head and neck for quite some time. Often

They were wasting no time on that bright

swans on the two outer points leading the

they tip up like the dabbling ducks, and if it

day; I wondered where they would find

way. One swan is saying to another, “I have

is amusing to see them feed in this fashion,

open water on which to rest. W. E. Clyde

a nagging feeling we’re doing something

it is even funnier to see the great white bot-

manner imaginable, without bringing their

Todd observed that cold is not a deterrent to

wrong.” With six inches of snow lying on

toms of the swans protruding from the

long legs forward, or making any splash.”

swans, but they do need open water. In his

the ground today, I wonder if those swans

water.

Swans we see in the spring and fall are

Birds of Western Pennsylvania , he com-

flying high and fast on Monday might not

Tundra swans are exceedingly fast fliers

most likely to be tundras. Occasionally, we

mented, “When the ice has weakened on

have the feeling that they, too, had been

and are also very competent swimmers,

do see mute swans in our region, and that

Erie Bay and open leads here and there, the

doing something wrong.

being extremely graceful at both activities.

can be during any season. The mute swan is

swans may be expected.”

One hopes that many more swans will

One observer, E. S. Cameron, is credited

a European species brought to this country

Somewhere, some place, the swans

travel our way as lakes and ponds thaw and

with this quotation in several bird books: “A

to adorn parks, lakes and estates; some have

expected to find some sign of winter’s

the birds take time in central Pennsylvania

compact flock of from four to six swift-fly-

escaped to become wild birds. Usually,

weakness on a lake farther north.

for a brief rest from their long journey to the

ing swans will circle the whole basin of the

most of the wild mute swans are found on

While I watched them move on, a couple

northernmost reaches of our continent. One

lake several times, and then, as if tied

the Atlantic seaboard, especially on Long

of the swans apparently had moved out of

can hardly picture a more beautiful sight

together, alight in the closest proximity to

place and were jockeying for a new position

than a flock of handsome tundra swans

each other, yet never collide. They will

in one of the trailing lines. It made me think

floating undisturbed on a mirror of water,

pitch upon the water in the most graceful

see Swan , pg. 14

March 2009

openly rejected in Snow Shoe, Resource

process. She explained that after the

The board review is scheduled for the

Recovery won acceptance among Rush

Alternatives Development and Impact

spring and summer of 2010, according the

from Landfill , pg. 11

Township supervisors and proceeded to

Assessment stages are completed, the

agency’s informational handout.

Potts said the rail line would create “at

pursue a point of access road from I-80 to

agency will conduct a meeting to address

Contact People Protecting Communities

minimum six new jobs” for local residents.

service their proposed dump. In August

the EIS draft. Upon addressing the com-

at www.stoplandfill.com.

He also said R.J. Corman Railroad

2005, the I-80 point of access road was

ments on the EIS draft, the STB will issue a

For more information on the Surface

Company contacted Resource Recovery

rejected.

final draft and send it to Washington D.C.

Transportation Board go to www.stb.dot.gov.

LLC as the I-80 Interchange was being dis-

Then in November of 2007, PPC organ-

for board review, which will issue a final

Information about R.J. Corman Railroad

puted. “We called RRLLC when the I-80

ized to oust Rush Township Supervisor Jack

decision.

is available at www.rjcorman.com.

Interchange did not work out for them,” he

Shannon, who had supported the landfill

said.

and successfully replaced him with landfill

gray. The tundra swan in flight sketched by

Landfill opponents charged that public

opponent Mike Savage.

from Swan , pg. 13

Dorothy Bordner might be a bird that was

information was limited, such as copies of

Five months later, the federal Surface

marooned in a storm and at last hastens to

the Federal Register.

Transportation Board, which is responsible

Island and southward.

catch the next migrating flock to pass by.

“The Federal Register was not accessible

for authorizing the construction, operation,

Although both species are all white, they

On a March day over a hundred years

to the attendees at the meeting,” Savage

and maintenance of new rail line facilities,

are easy to tell apart. The mute swan swims

ago, Henry David Thoreau penned these

explained. “And the displays did not include

revealed that R.J. Corman Railroad planned

with its neck gracefully curved, while the

words that will touch a responsive chord in

any of the 13 environmental impact cate-

to reactivate rail lines to service the

tundra swan holds its neck straight and its

many of us who feel deeply about each

gories or the four alternatives listed in the

Resource Recovery landfill.

bill level. It also has a black bill, while the

spring’s arrival, the laughing voices of

Federal Register.”

In January

2009,

the

Surface

mature mute swan has an orange bill with a

swans high overhead and the wonders of

In 2004, Resource Recovery, LLC, con-

Transportation Board prepared to conduct

black knob at the base.

new beginnings: “Each new year is a sur-

tacted the supervisors of Snow Shoe and

an Environmental Impact Statement.

I recall last spring visiting Grazier Mill

prise to us. We find that we had virtually

Rush Townships proposing the installation

“We’re looking at culverts, alignments

Pond, which is not far from Warrior’s Mark.

forgotten the note of each bird, and when

of a landfill, incinerator and industrial park

and road crossings,” said Dick Balas of

Amid the numerous mallards and one male

we hear it again it is remembered like a

on a 5,800-acre site that straddles both

TranSystems, a third party contractor.

“We

pintail duck swam a solitary tundra swan. It

dream, reminding us of a previous state of

counties. Opposition to the landfill in Snow

have to look at what the impact of these

apparently had the good sense to find a safe

existence. How happens it that the associa-

Shoe led to the development of People

things will be on the environment.”

refuge from the snowy skies. The bird

tions it awakens are always pleasing, never

Protecting Communities, a grass roots

The STB official who refused to give her

moved serenely among the mallards, whose

saddening; reminiscences of our sanest

organization comprised of residents focused

name said the agency is halfway through

green heads dusted with snow made them

hours? The voice of nature is always

on keeping the landfill out. After being

the Environmental Impact Statement

look as though they had turned prematurely

encouraging.”

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A stimulus package of, by and for the people

by Christopher Uhl

being divvied up, I found myself sitting

ioned them into front-yard benches? And

here in Central Pennsylvania watching and

what if we envisioned neighborhood inter-

Ever since coming of age in the sixties,

hoping for good news. But then it occurred

sections, not as simply places where two

Our

during the Vietnam War, I have longed to

to me that citizens don’t just “watch and

streets come together but as neighborhood

believe in my country, yearned to feel proud

hope.” They act.

gathering places with bulletin boards, food

of my citizenship. But from that time until

As I considered both where and how I

stands, tables, play spaces, and art?

just recently, the truth is that I was often

could act, I realized that there is arguably no

Why stop there? What if we began to

been ashamed of “my” country’s policies

me to travel to D.C. It wasn’t just about this

more appropriate and powerful an arena for

wear nametags and to genuinely greet each

and actions.

guy Obama being inaugurated. At a person-

citizen action than the social-geographic

other, stripping away the anonymity that

And then along came this fellow

al level, I realized that I had come, in some

unit we call

“neighborhood.” As Jay

keeps us cloistered and alone? And what if

Obama—a tapestry of Black, White,

measure, for my own inauguration—my

Walljasper of the Project for Public Spaces

we established neighborhood enterprises—

Indonesia, Africa, America, Christianity,

own induction—into citizenship! I had

points out, “The neighborhood is the basic

producing bread in front-yard, wood-fired

Islam—a mongrel uniquely suited for a

come to say “Yes!” to my country—to

unit of human civilization. Unlike cities,

bread ovens; exchanging home grown veg-

nation of mongrels.

declare my readiness to act as a citizen

counties, wards, townships, enterprise

etables, herbs, and eggs from backyard gar-

As I watched the election unfold some-

instead of a cynic.

zones, and other artificial entities, the

dens and hen houses; displaying hand made

thing began to shift inside me. Where there

That was over a month ago. In the interim

neighborhood is easily recognized as a real

quilts for barter or sale, growing u-pick

was once despair and cynicism, I now felt a

we’ve witnessed a deepening recession,

place. It’s the spot on earth we call home.”

strawberries and blueberries next to our

measure of hope and excitement. Just prior

skyrocketing unemployment, epidemic

So, imagine, if you will, gathering with

sidewalks, offering free foot massages to

to voting, I said to myself, “If this guy wins,

foreclosures, banking failures and more.

the folks in your neighborhood to really

people trekking home from work, placing a

I’m going to D.C. for the inauguration.”

People, who have lost their jobs and can’t

consider your own—not the govern-

favorite book or magazine in a special “giv-

This was not a rational decision. I didn’t

meet mortgage payments or health care

ment’s—heartfelt responses to the question,

ing box” by our mailboxes? And while we

weigh the pros and cons. I simply thought

costs, are burdened with angst and fear.

What needs to be “stimulated” and “stimu-

are at it, how about making a map of neigh-

to myself, “I have gone to D.C. so many

Even those who still have jobs register

lating” in your neighborhood? For example,

borhood households based on an inventory

times to protest; I want to go to celebrate.”

alarm as their “nest eggs” rapidly shrink.

how about “stimulating” hospitality, con-

of household gifts and talents as well as

As I stood by the Washington Monument

Our government’s first response to the

versation, kindness, creativity, household

needs?

amidst the multitudes on that cold January

economic crisis has been the Recovery and

enterprises, art, mutual caring, and trust?

day, I realized that there was something

Reinvestment

Act—the

so-called

And to this end, what if we removed the

see Stimulus , pg. 22

beyond “celebration” that had compelled

“Stimulus.” As this stimulus money was

fences separating our properties and refash-