"Jackie Root, owner of R & R Energy Consulting in Lawrenceville, Tioga County started her company in 2006 to help landowners groups after she helped form one of the region's first such groups in her area in 2003. That's when companies tried to lease rights to her family's 400-acre farm to access the Trenton Black River shale.
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"We tell people when you are dealing with land companies you need to have as much information as possible. That's what landowners groups can do. Don't let the landman be your only source of information.""

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11037/1123464-503.stm

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