<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">FYI—dawn<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Heather Cantino <<a href="mailto:heather.cantino@gmail.com">heather.cantino@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> September 2, 2018 at 4:14:25 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Athens County Fracking Action Network <<a href="mailto:acfanohio@gmail.com">acfanohio@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[possibly spam] Fwd: Letter: 48 citizens' groups and local businesses protest Wayne planning process</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you all for signing onto this letter, sent to the Wayne this week. It's a powerful collection of community and national voices calling for ecological management of our public forest to protect climate, sustainable economies, and our forest, air, water, and public health. 33 non-profits, 15 sustainable businesses, and 5 individuals signed on. </font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">And we have a chance to continue to weigh in to the Wayne. They cancelled the Aug. 30 deadline for the assessment phase (they said we were "confused" by the deadline) and lengthened the assessment process, so we have at least the next couple of months to provide testimony before they draft their report from this phase, now not due out until February 2019. </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">That's the good news. The bad news is that we obtained a copy of the Wayne's $100,000 contract with Marietta College's Department of Petroleum Geology (attached) for an assessment of fracking impacts!! <i>That's direct funneling of federal taxpayer dollars to industry, </i>since the two people whom Tony Scardina named to receive these funds are Robert Chase (<a href="https://www.wired.com/2012/07/gas-fracking-science-conflict/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2012/07<wbr>/gas-fracking-science-conflict</a><wbr>) and Tina Thomas (<a href="https://www.marietta.edu/person/tina-thomas" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" target="_blank">https://www.marietta.edu/<wbr>person/tina-thomas</a>). </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are amazed that Wayne Forest Supervisor Tony Scardina, who is the decision-maker in charge of this process, thinks it's ok to pay <b>$500/hour</b> (<i>or more -- </i>we haven't learned yet what the $1000/unit line item refers to -- an hour? a workshop?) to the tune of $100k directly to industry for an assessment that by federal law is supposed to be based on science. </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>This process clearly will only have integrity and become science-based if citizens insist.</i></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Thanks for speaking out. We hope you will all continue to do so to send a message to USFS that the public insists on integrity, science, and a true evaluation of the impacts of industrial extraction from our forest on our economy, climate, air, water, public forest and health.</i></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Heather Cantino </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for ACFAN and Buckeye Environmental Network</font></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Heather Cantino</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heather.cantino@gmail.com" target="_blank">heather.cantino@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:46 PM<br>Subject: Letter: 48 citizens' groups and local businesses protest Wayne planning process<br>To: <a href="mailto:WaynePlanRevision@fs.fed.us" target="_blank">WaynePlanRevision@fs.fed.us</a>, <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>To Wayne Plan Revision Team:</div><div><br></div><div>Please acknowledge receipt.</div><div><br></div><div>The attached letter, from </div><div>* 33 local, state, regional, and national environmentally concerned organizations, </div><div>* 15 sustainable businesses, </div><div>* and five additional individuals </div><div><br></div><div>registers the deep concerns of the signatories who appeal to the Wayne planning team to:<br></div><div>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">1. do outreach and invite and listen
to all those who have weighed in with objections to the 2006 Plan as well as to
subsequent logging, burning, highway and ATV trail-building projects and to opening
the Forest to deep-shale, high-volume horizontal drilling and fracturing by granting
permission to the BLM to conduct deep-shale oil and gas lease sales,</span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">2. rigorously consider all of the material submitted previously to both
USFS and the BLM relevant to the current planning process. This includes all legal
protests, peer-reviewed and other substantive research and reports, the voluminous
comments, and more than one hundred thousand petition signatures delivered to
USFS/BLM over past decades concerning on-going activities on and under our
state’s only National Forest. The 2006 Plan has been used and misused to
justify continuing industrial extraction and other practices that are destructive
to our Forest, air, water, climate, and communities’ economic and public
health, as decades of protest letters and legal efforts have detailed,<span></span></span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="Times"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">and </span></font><span style="font-family:Times;font-size:12pt">3. as
mandated by NEPA, use up-to-date science, economic and cultural
data, and meaningful input from the broad community to conduct rigorous
evaluation of all activities to be considered for inclusion in the new Plan.
Such evaluation must consider the true economic, climate, air, water,
ecosystem, and socio-cultural long-term and cumulative costs and benefits of
all activities considered.</span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">We hope
you will listen to science and the public – to those not represented by
industry or profit-driven spokespeople – this time around. We look forward to
our voices and the science on forests, climate, and sustainable economies finally
being considered in decision-making for our public forest. <span></span></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">The letter lists 33 g</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">rassroots, state, and national environmental
groups and fifteen sustainable businesses who join public bodies, drinking water authorities, academics, Ohio
University, business owners, farmers, and over a hundred thousand citizens who weighed in on Wayne management activities over the past two decades, since
long before the 2006 Plan was adopted. </span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">Organizational objectors to the 2006
Plan and to Wayne projects before and since its adoption have included the following 43 entities: the Athens
County Commission, Athens City Council, Ohio University, Burr Oak Water
District, Athens County Fracking Action Network, Buckeye Forest Council (now
Buckeye Environmental Network), Athens Conservancy, Hocking River Commission,
Heartwood, Keep Wayne Wild, Torch Can Do, FreshWater Accountability Project,
Ohio Sierra Club, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">Ohio
Environmental Council (OEC), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition,
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">West Virginia Highlands Conservancy,
Mountain Lakes<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Preservation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.55pt"> </span>Alliance,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.6pt"> </span>Radioactive<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>Waste<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>Alert,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.75pt">
</span>Columbus<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Community<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span>Bill of Rights, Guernsey County Citizens'
Support on Drilling Issues, Frack Free Lake County, Sustainable Medina <span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">County,
</span>Ohio Allies, Frack Free <span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt">Geauga, </span>Network
for Oil & Gas Accountability & Protection, Concerned Citizens Ohio,
Friends for Environmental Justice, FaCT-Faith Communities Together for a
Sustainable Future, Northwest Ohio Alliance to Stop Fracking, The Committee for
the Youngstown Community Bill of Rights, Ohio Community Rights Network,
Concerned Citizens of New <span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">Concord, </span>Ohio
River <span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">Citizens' </span>Alliance, Ashtabula
County Water Watch, Headwaters<span style="letter-spacing:-1.2pt"> </span>Defense,
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">Center for Biological Diversity, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ),
Earthjustice, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Environment Ohio.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">
</span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">The letter then states, "Your current list of partners in your planning
process includes few of these entities or groups and absolutely <i>zero</i> grassroots environmental groups. This
does not speak well of your stated intent to consider public input this time
around or bode well for any change from the Wayne’s consistent past disregard
for community environmental and public health concerns."</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">The letter is attached. It must be considered as the submission of all 53 signatories as well as remind the Wayne administration of every one of the aforementioned 43 bodies, as well as the more than 100,000 signatories on petitions protesting opening the Wayne to fracking and hundreds of others who have stated their concerns about the Wayne's prioritization of extraction at the expense of climate protection, public health, and sustainable communities. </span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">With the new planning process, the Wayne must honor the intent of the National Environmental Policy Act and the wishes of the community and shift direction to protect our air, water, climate, and community health and well-being as the science demands.</span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times">The attached letter must be fully considered with as much weight as is given to your hired industry consultants and all others with financial ties to your agency. </span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"></span></p><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">Athens County Fracking Action Network, </font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">August 30, 2018</span><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">contact: </font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">Heather Cantino, 740-591-6632; <a href="mailto:heather.cantino@gmail.com" target="_blank">heather.cantino@gmail.com</a>;</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">Christine Hughes <<a href="mailto:villagebakery@dellazona.com" target="_blank">villagebakery@dellazona.com</a>> </font></div><p></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br></p><p class="m_9001283371019357794m_4390011502408649136m_-4229269708080780487m_-3184149447560225661m_-5674793936202387281m_-7527667311148420665gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times"><br></span></p>
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