Marcellus Education Team
A group of Penn State Extension educators and faculty on a fact-finding visit to a well site.
We recognized how important an issue gas exploration could be for Pennsylvania landowners and communities when drilling company agents first started knocking on doors to secure leases to drill on private property. We conducted our first leasing workshops in 2001.
Since the creation of Penn State Extension early in the past century, we have had significant educational and research expertise in agriculture and food systems, natural resources, family consumer sciences, youth development, and economic and community development.
Marcellus Shale is a relatively new issue confronting Pennsylvania, but it potentially affects much of what our traditional expertise addresses- land use, water quality and quantity, economic development, forest management, wildlife, family finances, public policy, and local government.
So even though Marcellus Shale is new, Penn State Extension has the knowledge and expertise to help citizens, businesses, local leaders, communities, and others understand what it means for Pennsylvania, and how it may affect our environment, economy, communities, and citizens.
