Fayette Heartwood 10.3% Pardee Coal, oil, and 5.7% Forestland Resources natural gas Fund Kanawha Penn Virginia 5.9% Penn Virginia Oil and 5.9% natural gas Lincoln Heartwood 4.6% Alpha Natural Coal 1.3% Forestland Resources Fund Logan Heartwood 13.1% Natural Coal 11.4% Forestland Resource Fund Partners McDowell Norfolk 22.2% Berwind Coal and 7.0% Southern Corporation natural gas Mingo Heartwood 16.7% Natural Coal 2.2% Forestland Resources Fund Nicholas MeadWestVaco 10.2% Pardee Coal, oil, and 7.2% Resources natural gas Raleigh Rowland Land 13.0% Beaver Coal Coal 9.7% Company Webster Pardee 19.2% Pardee Coal, oil, and 19.2% Resources Resources natural gas Wyoming Heartwood 25.7% Natural Coal 6.6% Forestland Resource Fund Partners Nevertheless, energy interests still hold title to a tremendous number of acres. For instance, Natural Resource Partners of Houston, Pardee Resources, Penn Virginia, Alpha Natural Resources, and Consol Energy own some 692,550 acres of land in West Virginia (author’s calculation based on data in West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy 2013: 10). In all of the counties with production of surface tonnage greater than 1,000,000 tons per annum and all eight southern coalfield counties (there is significant overlap between the two designations), at least one of the top ten largest land owners is an energy corporation.
Fayette Heartwood Forestland Fund 10.3% Pardee Resources Coal, oil, and natural gas 5.7% Kanawha Penn Virginia 5.9% Penn Virginia Oil and natural gas 5.9% Lincoln Heartwood Forestland Fund 4.6% Alpha Natural Resources Coal 1.3% Logan Heartwood Forestland Fund 13.1% Natural Resource Partners Coal 11.4% McDowell Norfolk Southern 22.2% Berwind Corporation Coal and natural gas 7.0% Mingo Heartwood Forestland Fund 16.7% Natural Resources Coal 2.2% Nicholas MeadWestVaco 10.2% Pardee Resources Coal, oil, and natural gas 7.2% Raleigh Rowland Land 13.0% Beaver Coal Company Coal 9.7% Webster Pardee Resources 19.2% Pardee Resources Coal, oil, and natural gas 19.2% Wyoming Heartwood Forestland Fund 25.7% Natural Resource Partners Coal 6.6% Nevertheless, energy interests still hold title to a tremendous number of acres. For instance, Natural Resource Partners of Houston, Pardee Resources, Penn Virginia, Alpha Natural Resources, and Consol Energy own some 692,550 acres of land in West Virginia (author’s calculation based on data in West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy 2013: 10). In all of the counties with production of surface tonnage greater than 1,000,000 tons per annum and all eight southern coalfield counties (there is significant overlap between the two designations), at least one of the top ten largest land owners is an energy corporation.
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