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Fracking Heads to Wayne National Forest | Columbus News
The federal government is moving forward with plans to open 2,800 acres of the Wayne National Forest in Ohio — the state’s only national forest — to oil and gas drilling, potentially bringing fracking to the area for the first time. A lease sale for 41 parcels, totaling 2,840 acres near Marietta, Ohio, and Parkersburg, West Virginia, is set for September 15, following years of advocacy and the current administration’s push to expand energy development on public lands. While environmental groups warn of harm to wildlife like the endangered Indiana bat and increased noise and traffic, the Ohio…
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