• Ames, Bern, Wesley Landowner Association

    Area covered: Northwestern Washington County, northeastern Athens County, and southern Morgan County, Ohio near the communities of Bartlett and Sharpsburg (Wesley, Bern, Ames, Marion Townships)
    Membership: 2,500 acres and growing
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Contact: Michael Householder, michaelhouseholder76@gmail.com
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Watertown Landowner Association

    Area covered: Watertown, Ohio area (Barlow, Waterford, Watertown and Palmer Townships) of Washington County
    Membership: 8,000 acres and growing
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Lowell Landowner Association

    Area covered: Northern Washington County, Ohio near the communities of Coal Run and Lowell (Adam, Waterford, Muskingum Townships)
    Membership: New and growing
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Contact: Willie Weckbacher, (740) 896-2765
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Greater Perry County Landowner Association

    Area covered: Southern half of Perry County and townships in northern Hocking County that border Perry County, Ohio
    Membership: 6,000 acres and growing
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Contact: Bob Stamper, 740-583-0123
    Contact: Patricia Weed, patriciaann1293@gmail.com
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Southern Athens County Landowner Association

    Area covered: Southern Athens County (Alexander, Lodi, Carthage, Canaan, Troy, and Rome Townships) and northern Meigs County (Bedford, Olive, Orange, and Scipio Townships)
    Membership: 39,000 acres and growing
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Contact: Ann Sowers, 740-662-3012, sowers93@yahoo.com
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Cutler Landowner Association

    Area covered: Western Washington County, Ohio (Fairfield, Wesley, Decatur Townships)
    Membership: 17,500 acres
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Wolf Creek Landowner Association

    Area covered: NW Washington County and SE Morgan County, Ohio (Palmer, Wesley, Windsor Townships)
    Membership: 12,000 acres, currently closed to new members
    Contact: Southern Ohio Energy Consultants, 740-818-6091
    Web: //www.southernohioenergyconsultantsllc.com/

  • Southwest Ohio Landowners Group

    Area covered: Athens, Licking, Morgan, Muskingum, Perry counties in Ohio
    Membership: Not disclosed
    Contact: Jerry Shade, 531-398-1910, jshade@wsattorneys.com
    Web: //swolandowners.com/

  • Associated Landowners of Ohio Valley (ALOV)

    Area covered: Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Mahoning, Trumbull, Harrison, Tuscarawas, Portage and Stark counties in Ohio
    Membership: 2,500+ landowners with a collective 200,000+ acres
    Contact: ALOV has been closed for membership since July 2011
    Web: //www.alov.us/

  • Resources Land Group LLC

    Area covered: Predominately Licking & Knox counties in Ohio
    Membership: A few thousand acres, looking to grow
    Contact: Rod Teeter, 740-627-0405
    Web: //www.resourceslandgroup.com

  • Point Pleasant Landowner Group

    Area covered: Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Ashtabula, Summit, Medina,
    Lorain, Cuyahoga, Huron and Erie counties in Ohio
    Membership: 8,000+ acres
    Contact: David Green, 855-505-3330 (toll free, call anytime Mon-Sat until 7pm)
    Web: //pointpleasantlandownergroup.com

  • Eastern Geauga Landowners

    Area covered: Geauga, Trumbull, Ashtabula, Lake & Portage counties in Ohio
    Membership: Hundreds of members, thousands of acres
    Contact: Mark Dolezal, 440-724-3126, mmm.dolezal@gmail.com

  • Holmes County Group

    Area covered: Holmes & Wayne counties
    Membership: 12,000 acres
    Contact: Larry Weaver, 330-231-5289, plehilcon@yahoo.com

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    Will NY Gov. Cuomo’s Fracking Plan be Limited to 4 Counties?

    Lucky FourIs the Lucky Five counties in New York that will see drilling now the Lucky Four? You may recall a few weeks ago the New York Times, using an unnamed source inside Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration (cough *Andy* cough), floated a “trial balloon” plan that will allow high volume hydraulic fracturing, i.e. fracking, for a limited number of permits in five Southern Tier counties for a two-year period: Broome, Chenango, Chemung, Steuben and Tioga (see this MDN story).

    One of New York’s largest landowner coalition groups, CNY Landowner’s Coalition, represents Chenango County—one of the Lucky Five. They have reliable “inside” sources that tell them Chenango County may not be included in the limited, two-year experiment. And they are marshaling their members to make noise about it.

    Below is an email received by MDN on July 3 from the CNY Landowner’s Coalition outlining the rumor they’ve heard, and what they want members to do about it.

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