Ohio Has Made $314 Million by Opening State Lands to Fracking

Ohio has made $314 million by opening state lands to fracking

This story was originally published by Signal Ohio. Sign up for their free newsletters at SignalOhio.org/subscribe. Ohio’s new business of leasing about 22,000 acres of its publicly owned lands to the oil and gas industry has grown into a $314 million gusher.  The bulk of that money comes from one-time signing bonuses for mineral rights to natural gas trapped beneath 6,200 acres of Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County ($62 million) and 14,800…

Save Ohio Parks raises serious questions about Steubenville plan to frack historic park

Recently Save Ohio Parks was contacted regarding a plan by the mayor and city council of Steubenville to lease 19 parcels totaling about 157 acres, including 99 acres of historic Beatty Park, for fracking. In

Ohio has made $314 million by opening state lands to fracking - Signal Cleveland

Ohio’s new business of leasing about 22,000 acres of its publicly owned lands to the oil and gas industry has grown into a $314 million gusher.  The bulk of that money comes from one-time signing bonuses for mineral rights to natural gas trapped beneath 6,200 acres of Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County ($62 million) and 14,800 acres of land at Jockey Hollow and Egypt Valley wildlife areas ($238 million), which butt up against one another in…