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Blue Rock State Forest: Muskingum County: 4,578 acres Brush Creek State Forest: Rarden: 13,515 acres Cravat State Forest: Belmont County: 350 acres Dean State Forest: Lawrence County: 2,745 acres (10 km 2) Fernwood State Forest: Jefferson County: 3,023 acres Gifford State Forest: Athens County: 320 acres (1.3 km 2) Harrison State Forest ...
On November 30, 2021, the first 62-acre section of the park opened to the public and allows for biking, hiking, fishing, rock climbing, canoeing, paddle-boarding, floating boardwalks, a zipline, and a sledding hill. The park is situated within a larger development which will have apartments, townhomes, condominiums, office space and retail. [21]
Blue Rock State Forest – 4,572 acres (19 km 2) Brush Creek State Forest – ca. 12,000 acres (49 km 2) Dean State Forest – 2,745 acres (10 km 2) Fernwood State Forest – 2,107 acres (9 km 2) Gifford State Forest – 320 acres (1.3 km 2); Athens County; Harrison State Forest – 1,345 acres (5 km 2) Hocking State Forest – 9,374 acres (38 ...
Aug. 28—USDA proposes Buckeye National Forest COLUMBUS — Ohio Speaker of the House Jason Stephens, R-93, released a statement this week, opposing a proposed name change for Wayne National Forest.
With the Forest Reserve Act of 1891, the president of the United States is given the power to set aside forest reserves in the public domain. With the Transfer Act of 1905 , forest reserves became part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the newly created U.S. Forest Service.
The Wayne National Forest was started as part of a reforestation program. It was established as a National Forest for the public in December 1992. [9] On April 4, 2024, the Biden Administration proposed that fracking be permitted in the forest, a plan which drew widespread criticism. [10]
In Ohio's Wayne National Forest, court records said more than 40 suspected arson fires were lit in 2022, and Bartels admitted to causing 26 of them. ... USA TODAY reached out to a public defender ...
Most of the public land managed by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management is in the Western states. Public lands account for 25 to 75 percent of the total land area in these states. [1] The US Forest Service alone manages 193 million acres (780,000 km²) nationwide, or roughly 8% of the total land area in the United States. [2]