Map provided by Railroad-RR This map, which can be viewed at www.pagaslease.com, tracks the activity of gas drilling permits in Pennsylvania. The purple southern line represents the Tennessee Pipeline, the orange northern line represents the Millennium Pipeline and the blue line between them represents the Upper Delaware River. (The Millennium Pipeline route and Delaware River lines were added by The River Reporter). The red markers indicate well permits on file, the purple markers indicate mainly old plugged or abandoned gas and oil wells and the green markers indicate the discovery of gas. Other maps on the site cover central New York, and there are new maps covering Sullivan County and other New York counties.

Tracking gas activity

Landowners and others plot the progress

By FRITZ MAYER

NEW YORK & PENNSYLVANIA—When Ron Stamets, a web developer from Lake Como, PA, started his website, he intended it to be a place where landowners could exchange information. He did not foresee that maps showing the progress of gas exploration activity would become the site’s most popular feature.

“It has blown us away,” said Stamets. “We’ve had over two million hits since the end of May. We typically have anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000 new people a day.”

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Less-scenic byway

Narrowsburg Wellhead Area doused with herbicides

By SANDY LONG

TOWNS OF TUSTEN AND HIGHLAND, NY—If you’ve noticed that the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway is looking a little less scenic these days, it’s not your imagination. On July 30 and August 12, the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) applied three herbicides to vegetation near guide rails and sign posts in the towns of Tusten and Highland, according to DOT environmental specialist James Buck.

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DRBC to find out: What’s in frack fluid?

UDC stance sought

By SANDY LONG

NARROWSBURG, NY—They came seeking a stance on regional natural gas drilling from the Upper Delaware Council. Instead, local citizens and members of the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability learned that the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), a federal-interstate compact government agency, is in the process of formulating new regulations to increase protection of the basin’s water resources.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Hinchey announces congressional run
• Insurance, mortgages and gas
• County letterhead to get makeover
• Sheriff’s deputy accuses superior of violence
• Callicoon going solar?
• Web worms overhead

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