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Federal Plan Would Open Ohio’s Only National Forest to Fracking
ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...
Ex-firefighter sentenced for setting 26 fires in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
A former fire department administrator and police officer has been sentenced for starting more than 20 fires in the Wayne ...
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Court Blocks Oil, Gas Extraction on Ohio’s Only National Forest
COLUMBUS, Ohio― A federal judge blocked new oil and gas leasing and fracking in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest late Monday, following a ruling last year rebuking the Bureau of Land Management and U.S.
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Wayne National Forest mineral rights bids top $5M
WOODSFIELD — Twenty parcels covering 1,147.1 acres of Wayne National Forest in Monroe County, Ohio, are expected to garner more than $5 million in new mineral leases for the federal Bureau of ...