Wayne National Forest area
Last December, MDN brought you the fantastic news that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had opened a public scoping period to receive public input on 41 oil and gas parcels totaling 2,795 acres that may be included in a September 2026 lease sale in the Wayne National Forest (WNF) located in southeastern Ohio (see BLM Plans Ohio Wayne Nat’l Forest Lease Sale for September 2026). It would be the first lease sale held in WNF since March 2017 (the first Trump administration). The comment period ended Jan. 15, 2026. But then the BLM opened a second public comment period for the same list of properties (see BLM Ready to Auction Land in OH Wayne Nat’l Forest for Drilling). The time for commenting is now over. The BLM set the auction date for September 15.
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