In 2020, U.S. District Judge Michael Watson ruled that federal officials hadn't considered the full environmental impact of fracking in Wayne National Forest ... with Athens County's Future ...

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 ...

MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - The Bureau of Land Management is opening up leasing and applications for oil and gas development on 40,000 acres of Wayne National Forest’s Marietta Unit in Washington ...