LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - The March issue of The Hemlock, an on-line newsletter, is devoted to Marcellus Shale and the environmental issues surrounding natural gas drilling.

Robert Myers, professor of English and chair of the English department, is editor of The Hemlock. His website describes the publication as an online newsletter about the environment and culture of central Pennsylvania. The introduction to the current issue states, “Indeed, it doesn't seem to be an exaggeration to say that the development of the Marcellus Shale represents the biggest threat to the Pennsylvania outdoors that our generation will face. Accordingly, we've devoted this issue to the controversies surrounding natural gas production in central Pennsylvania.”
Articles include “Prospects and Challenges of the Marcellus Shale,” “40 years of Natural Gas Production and Storage on State Forest Land,” “The Marcellus Shale in Central Pennsylvania: A Chronology,” “A Landowner's Perspective: Leasing for Natural Gas Production,” “Another Landowner's Perspective: Gas Well Exploration and Development,” “And Justice for All” and “Tapping Our “Super-Giant” Gas Field: How Much Are We Willing to Pay to Play?”
The March issue of The Hemlock is available on the front page of the LHU website http://www.lhup.edu/ or at http://www.lhup.edu/rmyers3/Hemlock/Hemlock2.6.htm.