Oil and Gas Lease Fund
- In 1955, the Pennsylvania General Assembly created the Oil and Gas Lease Fund. Money received from oil and gas leases on state lands (except for Game Lands) are directed to be placed in the Oil and Gas Lease Fund, to be used a broad range of conservation infrastructure, including land acquisition. Recently, money from this fund, which was significantly higher due to leasing of land for drilling in the Marcellus Shale, was transferred to the PA General Fund.
