The Regional Economic Studies Institute of Towson University is performing an economic study of the potential positive and negative economic impacts of gas exploration and production in the Marcellus shale formation underlying Garrett County and the western portion of Allegany County. Provided below are links to documents about that study, including:

• Reorganized and rewritten RESI Marcellus Shale Economic Report
• Comments on the RESI Marcellus Shale Report
• RESI Marcellus Shale Report
• Frequently Asked Questions
• The original Memorandum of Agreement
• The first Amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement
• A description of the Economic Modeling that will be used
• Summary of stakeholder interviews
• A memo regarding proposed development scenarios
• Response to comments about previous draft development scenarios
• The final development scenarios
• RESI’s slide presentation from the May 6, 2013 Advisory Commission meeting
• RESI’s slide presentation from the August 26, 2013 Advisory Commission meeting