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Thursday, December 14, 2-4pm
13700 U.S. 33, Nelsonville Ohio
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One year ago the Bureau of Land Management began auctioning off public land in Wayne National Forest to gas and oil companies for unconventional fracking. The fracked gas from these wells will feed into Energy Transfer Partners' Rover Pipeline, which is currently under construction, and will go under the Ohio River and through Wayne National Forest's Proclamation Boundary. These industrial threats put the beautiful forest we love and the natural resources we depend on at risk.
On December 14th the fourth auction will be held, despite continued public outcry. The US Forest Service can stop the leasing of this land, but decision makers have refused to act.
On the day of the auction grassroots groups and other concerned forest lovers will gather at the Athens Ranger Station to tell Forest Supervisor Tony Scardina and other decision makers to do their job and protect the forest!
A Climate Legacy Time Capsule will be on site and attendees will have the opportunity to submit letters or objects representing what they fear will be lost to climate change. Scardina will be asked to submit one of his own, and if he chooses not to, we will write one for him.
#KeepWayneWild #StopETP
Logistics:
-Sign-making party from 11am-1pm at United Campus Ministry 18 N College St, Athens, OH 45701. We recommend bringing a sack lunch.
-Parking at the Forest Headquarters is limited. If you would like to carpool on the day of the event, we will be meeting in the parking area under the solar panels at the Athens Community Center at 701 E State St. at 1:30pm!
