Data centers killing Ohio’s beloved parks before our very eyes
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If local officials accept data centers, rural Appalachia, our state parks and public lands and even our villages, towns and suburbs will... Read More
Public lands need protection
By Randi Pokladnik For the first eight years of my life, our family lived in a small rented house in Steubenville, Ohio.... Read More
Tell your House Rep: Don’t speed up fracking our state parks!
On March 18, the House Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 219, which purports to revise the law on oil... Read More
Great Ohio Climate March: Coming soon to trails and roads near you
The Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius may be dead, but the opportunity for those who care... Read More
Public comments needed to stop fracking 8,749 acres at Salt Fork, Egypt Valley
Comments needed by March 7 for 6,639 acres in Egypt Valley Wildlife Area; March 15 for 513 acres under Salt Fork State... Read More
Enough is enough: Salt Fork up for fracking after last year’s blast
After a massive explosion about five miles away from Salt Fork State Park last year, an unknown oil and gas company has nominated 513 acres... Read More
Fracking is toxic. We can’t lose more land to it
By Randi Pokladnik In 2024, 62 acres of the Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County were opened up for fracking by Ohio’s Oil and... Read More
Save Ohio Parks, environmental advocates warn against expanding frack leases under state parks, public lands
Impaired health from methane emissions, water contamination are concerns COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2026 — Environmental advocates and Ohioans converged in Columbus on Monday to... Read More
30 Organizations Demand Moratorium on Fracking Ohio State Parks and Public Lands
Save Ohio Parks and 29 other organizations from across the state delivered a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine demanding a moratorium on... Read More
Statement on explosion of Gulfport Appalachia fracking well pad near Salt Fork State Park
Last night at 5:49 p.m., the chief of the Antrim, Ohio, volunteer fire department posted the first of four videos on its... Read More