Spring Edition of Surface Owners' News Available
Survey on Effects of Shale Development
WV Surface Owners' Rights Organization
1 April 2011
The Spring 2011 edition of Surface Owners' News is now available at http://www.wvsoro.org
While much of the legislative news will be familiar to folks on our
e-list, this edition of also contains useful advice on water testing
and whether or not to sign lease amendments. There's also a write-up on
our new guide on points to consider when deciding whether to sign a
pipeline right-of-way agreement. (The guide is available here.)
We wrap-up this edition with local community news from Hampshire County
and Lewisburg. We're sure there are things that we missed or did
have room to include in this issue, and we welcome suggestions and
submissions.
Please send your community news or calendar items to julie@wvsoro.org
for inclusion in further newsletter or e-mail updates.
Student Seeks Participation in Survey on Effects of Marcellus Shale
Development
Joanna Gallagher, an undergraduate at Salford University in
Manchester (England) working toward a degree in Environmental Health is
gathering information for her dissertation on the environmental impacts
of shale gas extraction in America and its possible implications for
Europe. Joanna hopes to get a better understanding of the problems
experienced by those people directly effected by the extraction process
and has designed a brief questionnaire to be completed by people who
currently live in natural gas drilling areas, or who are involved with
the industry. Participation is voluntary and any information
provided will be completely confidential. In order to view or complete
the questionnaire, please visit
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dER5T0xGMi1wYjFmMkdCeG9OS3VLQVE6MQ
For more information, please contact Joanna directly at
j.k.gallagher@edu.salford.ac.uk.