[Green] Fwd: Act Now: No more fossil fuel extraction from Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area

Sun Jan 19 14:15:54 CST 2025

I did this. It was easy and quick. I hope you will, too!  —dawn

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> From: Save Ohio Parks <hello at saveohioparks.org>
> Subject: Act Now: No more fossil fuel extraction from Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area
> Date: January 19, 2025 at 7:00:50 AM EST
> To: hewitt at earth-maker.com
> Reply-To: hello at saveohioparks.org
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> Act Now: No more fossil fuel extraction from Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area
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> Earlier this month, we saw what can happen at an oil and gas operation in Ohio. Two frack tanks on a Gulfport well pad five miles from Salt Fork State Park exploded. As flames shot 100 feet into the air, officials closed the roads and evacuated everyone in a half-mile radius. 
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> The fire burned for 18 hours before the fuel in the tanks was exhausted, a huge plume of toxic black smoke billowing out into the surrounding community. 
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> Now imagine if that happened at a frack pad next to one of our state parks or wildlife areas. That place -- and all the people and animals living nearby -- would never be the same.
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> That's why we must tell the Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to DENY the latest nomination to frack 383 acres <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.yjJN_MEbNx94PLaWzZ6hW3AcLdoIXqiydODQ3TbrC8W-Q5Ks8UXL1Ra-8UNbjOFUsg7_aPH2sWvOBVZU3f-F9_kzVvlHHIwzp2qFQBZZDzKouKkBfnlsO68xI7ZnPFZo0rU0HkR_Wir6NSjsgbHQI2RuyR2nL_i2bZcEjQlUBSVMScUM-ehPK1aznDTyZRVA9eVMERGE2AXcq4nLTJzVFxBw0fF8Rr_127zKod5abXXszlLdnhxgc4OPO8NZ02YsJnfQ7XA4k_w7mjOEzEXwNDWoSzgzEs5RpdCxGRaEJ_iHCQtyC_61UgsbHFT53GWxz9Yl8JrbVIrqDNv2lEhgUa30OUgfP_UrVAtNTgBBZTQik3Ra9JKJImtgH76jsuQMCByAq84FvrtJ-mPLL68oiLNQxxLRoeQcJtogf4SHN6nSVHjpuOF3QQ7haN-FXkf1LlJQGXgXY0CENrJIOJg5JA/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h0/h001.EA8w8f2U1B4xrAbFef80MxSWaSuFYPga79TrhfoKmfM> of Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area in Belmont and Harrison Counties. 
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> Please visit the Nomination Comment Form, choose Nomination #24-DNR-0012, and submit your comment.
> SUBMIT A COMMENT
>  <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.yjJN_MEbNx94PLaWzZ6hW6JgAJk_08EN-WMV08xnfAu3ghxOssIVyOwf0fWr1cQp2Zrukn4DSBuJmc55Og6Plhwgd2jf0A87uJScfpyBzJLAYu4Z1tZ8c8WnUBZo_WQd0NbVhZXsxjOr73xIyi5DiNM7BM7Y7BYcwi9NHiB1-a7SKI40pCKL2cN7pXn1i6FiwLxdLpfAFbcRf-yK303i8_N3kbf7tGHv1lylfuo2L2QNiL-LfIZASWHPdIpokGdv8M8wvhzn18ogH9sJx6_TI-8cJu4fuZ1lbXECrLUDruCvVkG-tm-VZx0WxxL14nngJMXEh8eH-SzD_sTZimEnz_7EuXt3eKBDHN8hWb_HnPF28ng4sBMcj9vYOTyqo-Z1aheO44Spf1c19By0MBikDdACC407K1BhoQQAF00Yy5f-3BNRJDnRQ92qhhHPhL9x/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h1/h001.xsIeZd_P8W92UbU2hx-Lzp87WIkfmLCmD4MoH43jEGk>
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> Situated next to the much larger Egypt Valley Wildlife Area, Jockey Hollow <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.s333gSbyhQmXsyCO3lhAD4_I5OOdsKLXwULMHDnIe5Qa306_IkGWLKliBoBnQtTg0fq86Ehps4YTE8SNWde_d0XyPr_3bQwQkoqQ6ryt8BF2ZPXmvMIdPy2MfBr9Ha1IBTB0cQApgCZWmBwPTx7p0OnZ_-yyuHOhyXbGyOB3ltmMw1HlsBdib2pdECoW37cTfFP3vFloMdFhPvborYrxSPxHx8vHC9HwWy1Lknv6eJgAvmTfWrnciDDmjb9JZHIeMHI6KPRJtshAe1KQ0ZR0GMcgUOCcVSSvBXWYOhWgtfhqxxDVY8tkLbo6QhIPX8XiCveqRGlwZ7VXKVKOq22iPRNpkgVdpNSf8_gBhmXRJ-wz096F7r10-Dq0wL5ccHoNT4f7Fc5r_NOxf8iSsvdYN0h1wmMH5kAi0BJ1fCncQvKjxBI3WAIPdCgwv9C-08JviupnQeyOcTCfMLCSAVdcEQ/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h2/h001.Rrw34O8BHdhrujgKcViQDq59jDTrEFsExP33ol90bVc> has much of the same rolling hills and valley floors. Jockey Hollow is also formerly strip-mined land -- in fact, the coal company, Consol Energy, still owns 1,490 acres of the 3,469-acre wildlife area and has an agreement with the Ohio Division of Wildlife to allow for public access. 
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> Jockey Hollow is used primarily for hunting, fishing, hiking, and birdwatching. An Army veteran <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.SNYHID0cgDJeR88MOfSMuZZvVoWmOz9GOuNN6ogdFVILBaNiBjd3S1zEOB0jnWyIjrwyCB4XDlkZRHHca0ct34hEkUHLJzatQ85wgZYkulMNcix3lOG7DkfnoLgABlBMF8_HcuzDFEjDVhdQB5m7z0w4ZDYUP7niPgaKJ5BGXOElkecqtCXwAhBDhQsBtaQu95IPY8hbFA4T4VydS4Blz_e7YDoX2nmQ5MjSeJsF3g_B6e27yvY01u95eIgwt4g1KdydQsMuyXJjATc2USaYj2RbpoSo8DaploBHN8maeVgB6hK4yPaLWc2g_FB4y8aZAMGT2KUoM2bVuhPEevpb8W7eVVLWqzIZq8IGfQp-I4bB-yTZyHjdkHbsXB-7lW7T06W6q9eUH5q8zfOLzvwobQDwIXyEeHWpn0wquilNKYljn0YvPzqvZUw9TooLIxVs/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h3/h001.CnxHllmI5V1HJyvVhsp8fZD4Blzj2BUKOg-uvqxD9RU>who grew up in the area now has a fishing store there. Birdwatchers have identified 145 species <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.HV-T5b9C6Y6Pisqo-P4Pm5tXpfcmPeoqTp3HycBag5P2FJcDUjzBfs3HhKdIycRHQauBdZTKU5-evuBakJxHFz8Tm6u0nyxjENvQvV8LKxnexSAPeWfB6gEsXzTgcd1Zp0nzNEZqX4us93DTAWJXhXj25Aa9VB2OgBiv226XaZJssjBLdzRR3fQ7UNmlBEbmKMguqjdBOIRm_uCnG2zIUrVkHFLnGRUPIiJ2eb0sPRan15uuiRzQFu14CDPnyKHo1ULYe8boch-fWct1WRdPKaZH5VzHAX-qHD_SMuN91JNGLqWh1so_k685oSUhiEBKLndhsnz1_Sw6oROCiKqAsV8Gw3nZqMO0wPIv_-mAv5_keNIrE6TFk1DD-4ieaRBMaLntNX4GwrnG7qAY2qQ7lg/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h4/h001.NUkf1OTQZsYSw546bGHrUZWKFYwZLW0QHWQclBDEvDE>at Jockey Hollow. Wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes are common sightings. Bobcats are also occasionally seen.
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> None of this is compatible with fracking. Act now to tell the commission: No more leasing of public land to oil and gas!
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> Please visit the Nomination Comment Form, choose Nomination #24-DNR-0012, and submit your comment.
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> SUBMIT A COMMENT
>  <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.yjJN_MEbNx94PLaWzZ6hW6JgAJk_08EN-WMV08xnfAu3ghxOssIVyOwf0fWr1cQp2Zrukn4DSBuJmc55Og6Plhwgd2jf0A87uJScfpyBzJJeCpYDsJw9sstQiCBTCaJjWNv1JSwnd0hvWjdrrb5CHR2tkkPhlwhKVHjJRmNGtBShymCzATc9eC_EbGSsWAMHRcgtoUqO-z86MrTPpEpPucAU4xbOGuDeh4nh_bm8L6ptac6RbKBGOHrjrsMYMXG3XxjSsE_mE4afNKBqrtuSGuulnIhLRYjYmFtchNqiIeJTO33nxLZNKOrlTN7t374vsO78aDe3kyGZ02-8XEcdfg7gqclviNt72pUqmIFbuLaDTN9yuQ1L2tM7E0diySkvq3Oc5yLyfvzEvyUOpaJcpei7uwjqEUXx8tF7eCnHuxd2qz6tS_YZvcNaQi3Zfh68/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h5/h001.wIToEiIrXAIpmQEQ1I50MBK5hFLVZKYGz0gBEVGl6jU>
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> You can use our sample letter — but please personalize to explain why preserving our wildlife areas is important to you:
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> To the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission:
> I am writing to strongly oppose Nomination 24-DNR-0012 to frack 383 acres of Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area in Belmont and Harrison Counties. This beautiful wildlife area is widely used for hunting, fishing, hiking, bird watching, photography, and site-seeing. None of this is compatible with the noise, toxic air pollution, methane leaks, lights, and numerous truck trips entailed in any fracking operation.
> The recent explosion on Gulfport’s Groh well pad near Salt Fork State Park underscores how dangerous fracking is. The fire – fueled by 100 barrels of methane gas and condensate – was so hot that firefighters had no choice but to let it burn itself out over 18 hours. No testing for what was in the toxic cloud of smoke was done, nor was any ground or water testing done.
> This is unacceptable anywhere, especially near our state parks and wildlife areas!
> ODNR acquired the land that makes up Jockey Hollow in 2004, and it was meant to be protected. Numerous species call Jockey Hollow home, including wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes. Birders have identified 145 different species of birds.
> Like Egypt Valley Wildlife Area, Jockey Hollow has a history of fossil fuel extraction. The area was strip-mined for coal from 1958 to 1968. The coal company, Consol Energy, still owns some of the land but allows public access through an agreement with the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
> The people of Ohio pay for and use our public lands, including Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area. We do not want to see any more fossil fuel extraction from this land. Enough is enough. Please DENY nomination 24-DNR-0012, and protect Jockey Hollow as it was meant to be.
> Thank you.
> SUBMIT A COMMENT
>  <https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.yjJN_MEbNx94PLaWzZ6hW6JgAJk_08EN-WMV08xnfAu3ghxOssIVyOwf0fWr1cQp2Zrukn4DSBuJmc55Og6Plhwgd2jf0A87uJScfpyBzJJ3dhTm5FwKEEhZZIwgizxDlmvAhLSHjlj5c1-gyZIGMuNjh7ajafHzwkqo78gm8pRZRBzI3V8Z9fySVMyL6EHErtx3COXNOXNqB3YTmHawfUB1n-v8t-3XuXcj_nHgmhIeKinvjA2GCO-SMPGLeq0wJgQpaOWE_6dVVucrm89Cqo9ZXlv05Tle6GlR4xwbVHbVdm7seq50kpq7_a1uytnwoER1nBTSqJC6WhScthqrBFXHUYdxSTBb8Y8Imdm_jRqNBPGNPAY07EbEXyjok3W7n8ApoSDrKz4kcT8z2yWjeQsExXMMJm4TsU9gh081JFU6bYUAywCu261uipAZe2KY/4da/UIWfNuIHTFKwr_8-5y-Y6Q/h6/h001.otIpQtFOgHFJkrmy8u0KfcoC9vKyWDzXoEWiJNiMj4g>
> Photo: White-eyed Vireo at Jockey Hollow Wildlife Area, submitted by Tom Frankel to ebird.org <http://ebird.org/>
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