WEST WINFIELD – The Upper Unadilla Valley Association will host a public informational presentation on natural gas drilling and its potential local implications at 7 p.m., Tuesday, in the Mount Markham High School auditorium on Fairground Road, just off Route 20 in the village of West Winfield.  

Citizens and members of local and town governments are strongly encouraged to attend this free session. The presentation, “What You Need to Know About Gas Drilling,” will feature a distinguished panel of three authorities in their respective fields:

• Dr. Ron E. Bishop, SUNY Oneonta professor of chemistry, who will talk about shale gas extraction; 

• Lou Allstadt, former executive vice president of Mobil Oil Corporation, who will address “Safer Drilling and What it Looks Like,” and