Ohio Department of Natural Resources

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The state is no longer using brine made from oil and gas well water, but the bill could affect another measure that could make that de-icer more widely available.

Female employees like Ashley Raff make up 16% of oil and gas industry workers according to a 2018 report. Raff remembers when she was the only woman on a drilling rig in 2012.

An Ohio Wildlife Investigator continues to recover more than a month after he was shot while on duty.

A group of experts is working with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources by taking a close look at Ohio’s 75 state parks to find out what kind of...

Some Clark County residents are pushing back against a proposed mining project in Mad River Township. Opposition to the project has been growing louder…

A state panel gave the green light for more projects to improve Ohio parks. Last year the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was allotted $88 million to…

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that cities can’t enforce local laws banning fracking if the state has issued a permit to a driller. The court split 4-3,…

An advocacy group says hundreds of millions of gallons of fracking waste is being dumped into oil and gas disposal wells without strong oversight. But the…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new study suggests that fracking triggered hundreds of too-small-to-be-felt earthquakes in eastern Ohio late last year, months…

A newspaper analysis finds that the average number of 2.0 magnitude and higher earthquakes occurring in Ohio each year has risen.The rise reported by The…

Ohio officials are advising oil and gas companies to share information on the toxic chemicals they use with local authorities, including first…