WGXC's Tom Roe, Ann Forbes Cooper, and Richard Roth spoke with Dr. Robert Titus, professor of geology at Hartwick College, Tuesday, July 12 on the WGXC Afternoon Show and asked him his opinion about high-impact hydraulic fracturing in New York State. "I'm hoping that they can pull it off. I'm a geologist, and we," he said by phone. Titus also said that there is no marcellus shale in eastern Greene County, and much of the western part of the county is protected as a state park. "I've never heard of a permit in Greene County," he said, admitting he might not know about a possible site nearby. Titus talks about the local "Ice Age Geology" at a lecture he will give Sat., July 16 at 2 p.m. at the Greenport Conservation Area. In the full interview on the WGXC Afternoon Show, he also discusses how the first mastadon was discovered in this area, and how the area was once under 3,000 feet of ice. Titus writes a regular column for the Register-Star and The Daily Mail.

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