The towns of Germantown, Livingston, and Clermont held, "a joint open discussion of hydrofracking" Thu., July 26, and WGXC's Cheryl K. was at the Germantown Town Hall's youth building to record the proceedings. High-impact hydraulic fracturing, or "hydrofracking," is a controversial method to extract natural gas from parts of the Catskills. Germantown Supervisor Roy Brown, Republican, began the meeting explaining if drilling is even an issue in southern Columbia County, and why his town passed an 18-month moratorium on hydrofracking at its April meeting. Click here to listen to the full recording of the meeting. (1:26:28)

LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT OF GERMANTOWN SUPERVISOR ROY BROWN EXPLAINING HIS TOWN'S CURRENT HYDROFRACKING MORATORIUM 1:38