PVR Partners, L. P. (PVR) 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

EXHIBIT 17.1

[Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. Letterhead]

March 31, 2010

Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC

Three Radnor Corporate Center

Suite 300

Radnor,  Pennsylvania 19087

To the Board of Directors:

I hereby resign from the Board of Directors of Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC effectively immediately prior to the closing of the secondary offering of common units of Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. on the date hereof.

/s/ A. James Dearlove           

A. James Dearlove