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 ...

The Bureau of Land Management is accepting applications for fracking in Ohio's Wayne National Forest, a move opposed by environmental groups. A judge previously blocked new leases in 2021 ...

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.

The Wayne National Forest closed Timbre Ridge Lake in Lawrence County, Ohio, for public safety after drawing down the pool to ...