I have land in a unit in Bradford county  operated by Chesapeake.  While waiting for division orders on the unit that started production in Nov. 2014 , i was told that unit's setup by land dept was not completed yet , although unit was filed in 2012. It turns out that the land dept had to take away acreage from my lease to give it to the DCNR for a public streambed i was not even aware I had on my property. The DCNR is claiming these mineral rights on a stream that was designated as a navigable waterway in the 1700's , all the way to its mapped source that is now dried up, This is the South branch Towanda Creek in my case , but local small streams such as the Little Loyalsock in Sullivan County are also on the map. this is the URL  http://www.gis.dcnr.state.pa.us/maps/index.html?publicstreams=true

The DCNR mapping dept has not returned my calls . The local property tax dept verified that I pay property taxes on my total parcel , including the streambed. I didnt get how the gas company was acting on this claim since I had not seen an amended unit filed at courthouse recently changing my parcel. Usually the gas company will change nothing in unit for landowner until its all tied up with a bow and filed at courthouse. 

The county planning dept was not aware of these actions either , but kindly directed me to Rep. Tina Pickett's office .  Finally someone knew what was going on. I did know that the DCNR had been working on leasing the mineral rights under the Susquehnna river , which made a little more sense as a navigable river. But Rep Pickett's aide informed me that they had been getting calls about people losing their mineral rights under tiny little streams designated on the DCNR's map. There is case in court regarding this so the gas company's are taking the land and setting it aside until it is settled .I was also told they... Pickett's office ..cant get involved now that there is an ongoing court case . I did not know that rule  either , seems like just the sort of thing they should be involved in , but no , we just have to wait on the outcome of the case, hmmm ...Does anyone know the specifics of the this case , I have not been able find any , and the Representatives legislative aide Jason Krise (570)265-3124  did not have anymore to tell me about it  ?   here are some links with informative articles on the subject

marcellus drilling news -PA DCNR Program lease

PAWaterBodies.pdf

marcellus drilling new feb 2015

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