Over the past couple of years many landowner coalitions have been created in New York State so that landowners have a more attractive acreage for bidding and more power to control the process. One of the largest is the Central New York Landowners Coalition representing about 160,000 acres of land in central New York and the Southern Tier. Their leader is Richard Lasky. In this video clip, Richard talks about the landowners’ caution about entering into lease agreements and the economic benefits that development of the natural gas can provide. Many of the farmers and landowners are barely hanging on in this economy and Lasky believes that drilling can be done safely and the benefits will be enormous.

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