Originally Posted by dougl

You do realize that the PGC doesn't own the gas rights on most of the state game lands.In many cases there's very little they can do to stop it and about the best they can do is negotiate surface disturbance.Also,a high percentage of the gas leases that the PGC did negotiate on the SGL's involved no drilling on the property.They negotiated the drilling to be done off the game lands but will get royalties because the drilling is going under them with nothing on the surface being disturbed.If you own land but don't own the gas rights,you have very little rights.The gas companies can come on to drill and there's very little you can do about it.