NY DEC Forest Plan

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Vorys

The Star-Gazette is reporting that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation may allow hydraulic fracturing and increased drilling on state forest lands.  "The Strategic Plan for State Forest Management, finalized on Dec. 29, will allow the state to lease the gas rights to the Marcellus Shale formation beneath certain state-owned forest parcels, but only after public hearings are held on each lease offer."

For a copy of the Strategic Plan, see here.  It even has an interesting list of current state oil and gas leases ...

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