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WNF Lease Auction Canceled

Written by Greg Russell | Nov 20, 2011 3:34:58 PM

The Washington Examiner is reporting that the lease auction for the Wayne National Forest in Ohio has been canceled:  "President Obama's United States Department of Agriculture has delayed shale gas drilling in Ohio for up to six months by cancelling a mineral lease auction for Wayne National Forest (WNF). The move was taken in deference to environmentalists, on the pretext of studying the effects of hydraulic fracturing."

For a copy of the announcement, see here.