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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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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 ...
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3.3 magnitude earthquake detected in southern Ohio Monday afternoon
People living in southern Ohio, near the Wayne National Forest, may have felt a small ... The epicenter was in Lawrence County, just northwest of Chesapeake. Community members reported minor ...
WNF to have prescribed burns
The Wayne National Forest will be doing spring prescribed fires in more than 2,000 acres in three areas until May 30. Wayne National Forest Supervisor Lee Stewart said the prescribed burns include ...