More than 8,500 Acres of Ohio’s Public Land Approved for Fracking

More than 8,500 acres of Ohio’s public land approved for fracking

People opposed to fracking protest in front of the Ohio Department of Public Safety building before a Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting. (Photo by Megan Henry, Ohio Capital Journal). More than 8,000 acres at Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and more than 500 acres at Salt Fork State Park were approved to be fracked during Friday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting, which lasted less than 20 minutes.  Four different …

Ohio opens more state wildlife lands to fracking - Signal Cleveland

State officials Friday voted to open more than 8,700 acres of publicly owned land, including a state park and two wildlife preserves, to oil and gas developers for fracking.  The Oil and Gas Land Management Commission unanimously decided to grant mineral rights to developers, whose identities are shielded for now by state law, for oil and gas beneath Salt Fork State Park, Egypt Valley Wildlife Area and Valley Run Wildlife Area, all along Ohio’s …

Ohio OKs Fracking Under 8,236 Acres of Egypt Valley Wildlife Area - Marcellus Drilling News

The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) voted on Friday to open more than 8,700 acres of public land, including an additional 513 acres under Salt Fork State Park and 8,236 acres under Egypt Valley Wildlife Area, for shale fracking. This move makes Egypt Valley the largest fracking project *under* (not on) state-owned...

Ohio opens more state wildlife lands to fracking - Signal Ohio

The vote triggers a public bidding process that will make Egypt Valley Wildlife Area home to the largest fracking operation on public lands in Ohio.