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There were more than 1,400 fracking incidents associated with oil and gas wells in Ohio between 2018 and Sept. 2023, according to FracTracker Alliance − a non-profit that collects data on ...
Functions. ODNR regulates Ohio's oil and gas industry, the mining industry, hunting and fishing, and dams while maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state nature preserves, state wildlife areas, state forests, and state waterways. It was created in 1949 by the Ohio Legislature.
Shawnee State Forest – 59,603 acres (241 km 2 ); Scioto and Adams Counties. Sunfish Creek State Forest – 637 acres (2.6 km 2) Tar Hollow State Forest – 16,126 acres (65 km 2) Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest - 15,849 acres (64.14 km 2) Waterloo State Forest (administered by Zaleski State Forest); Athens County.
The Division of Parks and Recreation dammed Hargus Creek with an earthen dam in 1948. The property became a state park under the administration of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in 1950. It was renamed A. W. Marion State Park in honor of the first director of the Department of Natural Resources, who was a Pickaway County native, in 1962.
Ohio will allow companies to bid for oil and gas drilling under a state park and wildlife areas, a decision made as opponents vocally protested throughout the meeting.
M. Madison Lake State Park. Malabar Farm State Park. Mary Jane Thurston State Park. Maumee Bay State Park. Middle Bass Island. Mohican State Park. Mount Gilead State Park.
June 7, 2024 at 1:01 PM. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational pot sales are nearing reality in Ohio. The state Division of Cannabis Control began accepting applications Friday for new dual ...
Shawnee State Park. Shawnee State Park is a 1,095-acre (443 ha) public recreation area surrounded by the 63,000-acre (25,000 ha) Shawnee State Forest in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The park is in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains near the Ohio River in Southern Ohio on State Route 125, just north of Friendship.