The Rally

On December 14th the fourth auction of Wayne National Forest to gas and oil will be held, despite continued public outcry. 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. 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 Wayne National Forest Headquarters at 13700 US-33, Nelsonville, OH from 2pm-4pm 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.

For more details please visit our Facebook event!

Can't make it? You can still help!

If you're unable to join us in person on the 14th, you can still help to make this day a success! 

Here are some things you can do to help:

• Share the Facebook Event and forward this email to your friends in the area who love Wayne National Forest
• Call Forest Supervisor Tony Scardina at (740) 753-0101 and tell him you don't want fracking in the Wayne!  You can read his Op Ed in the Columbus Dispatch here.
• Call Regional Forester Kathleen Atkinson at (414)-297-3765 and tell her you would like her to withdraw all parcels of Wayne National Forest from future auctions!
• Write a letter to the editor of your local paper and tell the public why this forest should be protected!