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Alaska Department of Natural Resources Core Holes Page (Where the actual drilling is going to occur): http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/programs/shallowgas/mat-su/mat-su_core_app_2003.htm

Alaska Department of Natural Resources Coal Bed Methane Matsu Project Page: http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/programs/shallowgas/mat-su/mat-su-cbm.htm

Alaska Department of Natural Resources Coal Bed Methane (i.e., shallow gas) leasing program (statewide): http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/programs/shallowgas/shallowgas.htm

Alaska Department of Natural Resources information on surface or ground water rights: http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/water/mgmt/wrfact.htm

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulations for well design, operation, and abandonment (adobe PDF document): http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/ADMIN/ogc/Regulations/regs_06_01.pdf

Alaska Center for the Environment, an 8,000 member nonprofit organization working for sensible stewardship of Alaska's natural environment: http://www.akcenter.org/coalbed/coalbed.html

Cook Inlet Keeper, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains: http://www.inletkeeper.org/

East of Huajatolla Citizens Alliance, a southern Colorado-based nonprofit concerned with coal bed methane development in the Raton Basin (where Evergreen Resources, Inc. has operated): http://www.ehcitizens.org/cbmgas/index.htm

Friends of Mat-Su, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing education and information on land use planning to promote responsible development in the Mat-Su Valley: http://www.foms.net/ Click on "issues."

Oil and Gas Accountability Project, a Rocky Mountain-based nonprofit working to reduce the social, economic and environmental problems caused by oil and gas (including coalbed methane) development: http://www.ogap.org

Powder River Basin Resource Council, a Wyoming-based nonprofit promoting responsible development of Wyoming's natural resources (including coalbed methane): http://www.powderriverbasin.org

Wyoming Outdoor Council, a Wyoming-based nonprofit environmental organization: http://www.wyomingoutdoorcouncil.org/frontline/fall1999/coalbedmethane.html

Evergreen Resources, Inc., the primary leaseholder in the Mat-Su Valley: http://www.evergreen-res.com/