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January 3, 2012A Statistical Analysis of Ownership, Leasing and Taxes in Damascus Township
The Reality of Leasing and Ownership in Damascus Township – a much more complex situation – not what you have been told.
In this report you will find an analysis of hard data on the owners of land in Damascus Township and where they live, in reference to leasing for gas drilling; including looking at unique owners, parcels, acreage and tax assessments. Information in this report comes primarily from two sources; The Citizen’s Voice Newspaper’s gas leasing database for leasing in Lackawanna, Luzerne. Wayne, and Wyoming Counties (http://citizensvoice.com/news/drilling ) and tax information for Damascus Township purchased from the Wayne County Appraisers Office. Additionally, we have consulted other sources including the Wayne County Land Use Study (http://www.co.wayne.pa.us/?pageid=74 ). In order to minimize any errors, we have compared our numbers, wherever possible, to those reported in additional sources. “Resident” is defined as having the tax bill for the property sent to an address within the township. “Unique owner” category takes into account that some owners own multiple parcels.
