PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

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Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry — state forest + park boundaries + O&G infrastructure on state forest land. Spec drift: leases not published as Feature Service, reframed to infrastructure.

What is PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources?

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources — Bureau of Forestry. **Major spec drift caught at probe**: DCNR does NOT publish state-forest mineral leases as a Feature Service (lessee/operator data is in PDF leases only). The spec method `searchStateForestLeases` was reframed to `searchOilGasInfrastructure` against the BOF/OilGasInfrastructure MapServer (Pads + Pipelines layers — the geometry footprint of leased activity). What DCNR DOES publish: ~941 Pads polygons (Pad_Type domain — gas well 685, Monitoring 152, freshwater impoundment 44, compressor 26, Stone Pit/Quarry 18, etc.), ~762 Pipelines polylines (Pipeline_Type — Gathering / Marketing / Water / Trunk / Other / Meter-Valve-Tap), ~661 State Forest polygons keyed by SF_Name (Susquehannock, Tioga, Cornplanter, Loyalsock, etc.), 20 Forest District admin units, ~124 State Park boundaries (TYPE: STATE PARK 114, CONSERVATION AREA 3, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 4, PRESERVE 1, FARM PARK 1). Pad_Type / Status / Pipeline_Type are SmallInteger codes — handler decodes via published domains. Status: 1=proposed-draft, 2=approved, 3=under construction, 4=construction complete (478 pads), 5=rejected, 6=plugged, 7=reclaimed (102 pads), 8=abandoned, 9=inactive (22 pads), 10=Active (339 pads), 11=Removed Completely, 12=Withdrawn by Operator. Pads layer carries NO operator name (Pipelines does — `Operator` field). District 16 (Tioga) and District 20 (Loyalsock) have the densest Marcellus development.

Available Tools

searchOilGasInfrastructure
DCNR Pads + Pipelines on state forest. Reframed from spec searchStateForestLeases.
searchStateForests
PA State Forest boundaries (~661 polys / 20 districts). Pass asDistrict:true for the admin layer.
getServiceInfo
Schema + record counts for any of the 5 services.

Requirements

ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS
Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true to allow connector toggles.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Set ENABLE_ENERGY_APIS=true for your deployment.

Open /mcp and turn on PA DCNR with the energy switch.

Call the pa-dcnr MCP tool — start with method=searchOilGasInfrastructure or method=searchStateForests.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}