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Publications

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Exploration and Natural Gas Development

• Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States; USDOE
• Natural Gas Exploration and Federal Lands; USDOE
• Deep Trek (Deep Well Drilling; USDOE

Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Exploration

• Real Property Tax Base, Market Values, and Marcellus Shale: 2007-2009 by PA State Tax Equalization Board
• WVU College of Business and Economics, Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) Marcellus Shale Economic Impact Study

Landowner Assistance

• Mineral Leases-WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
• A Forestland Owners Guide to Natural Gas Development

Environmental Issues and Impacts of Natural Gas Exploration

• Land Application of Hydrofracturing Fluids Damages a Deciduous Forest Stand in West Virginia, US Forest Service
• Effects of Development of a Natural Gas Well and Associated Pipeline on the Natural And Scientific Resources of the Fernow Experimental Forest, US Forest Service
• Reptile, Amphibian,and Small Mammal Species Associated with Natural Gas Development in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, US Forest Service
• Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing, Duke University
• Methane in WV Ground Water: USGS Fact Sheet
• Reclamation on Marcellus Shale Drilling Sites in West Virginia, WVU Extension Service

Regulation

• WV Department of Environmental Protection

Financial Management

• Financial Planning for Financial Windfalls