How to Get the Most out of this Website

Each face has a story -- just click them to watch. Click PLACES to see where they live.

Select RELATIONSHIPS to see how their lives intertwine in unexpected ways.

Want to see more? Check out the PHOTO GALLERY feature. It has a treasure trove of images we captured along the way.

Click ABOUT THIS PROJECT to see how all the pieces fit together.

EXPLORE

People

Meet the people of Shale Country. Hear their voices. See their faces. To spend just a moment with them is to witness their connection to the land and to each other.

Places

The geography of Shale Country is defined by rock formations that lie thousands of feet below the surface.

You won't find them on Google Maps or MapQuest – at least not yet. But you can trace them all here and locate the communities that lie above. Use this as a road map to America's newest energy frontier and the stories on this site.

Relationships

Want to know who's connected to whom on ShaleCountry.com? Or what they do for a living? This is the place to start. And it's a quick way to get a bird's eye view of the new business relationships that natural gas is creating.

About the Project

America's shale gas "plays" give the country new options for using natural gas to reduce our dependency on oil -- to power trucks and buses, and to generate electricity with 60% less global warming pollution than coal.

But how do the people in Shale Country see things? That is what this web site is all about.