Our Main Goal: To educate our neighboring property owners so they may obtain the safest, most prudent gas lease possible.
Our Phone Message is updated at least once a week. Please call and listen to the message for current information! 570-256-4488
The News Page has been updated December 6, 2011 Our members are understandably curious about any word relating to the Williams Martin well site along 487 just north of Benton. Right now all we have are rumors, hearsay, and conjecture to go on. Until Williams comes out with an official statement we do not want to put out information which may not be true. If you wish see what others are saying about the well you can look at two websites. “News from Back Home in Benton” at: www.bentonnews.net/ And www.network54.com This site also has good photos of the well site. When you are no longer leased, or if you are not already leased, and you would like to become a member of the SWRTPG or the CCLOC you can call me. I‘m Ken Long and I can be reached at (570) 256-7396
We are working with the Columbia County Landowners Coalition.
The link to view their web site is: www.columbiacoalition.org
UPDATE!!!
We have incorporated our data base with the rest of Luzerne County. This makes it much easier to manage and to get a map of our area to send to the gas companies. We have deleted those properties that do not have both a SWRT agreement and a CCLOC form submitted. Requiring both forms lets us know that better who is still with our group. The amount of acreage in our Ross township group has actually grown in 2009.
We have discovered that many properties have a “mismatch” between the acres shown on their deeds and the amount that the county has in their records (property tax data). The county has rejected gas leases because of these mismatches and people are not getting paid for their leases. It is up to each property owner to contact a lawyer and resolve any discrepancies.
