Pennsylvania hunters are bummed at the boom in fracking on state game lands. Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale is growing dramatically, and the ever-present hum of compressors and other equipment is impacting the solitude of killing things. The Game Commission made just $556,000 in leases four years ago, but will haul in $18 million this year, which it will use to acquire more lands. The state gas association, perhaps spotting constellated rural road signs, warns, ““We don’t want hunters to use our tanks for target practice or to sit on top of them.”

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