Parks push pays off
Working together with a coalition of environmental and citizen groups this summer, we made sure Ohio’s state parks, forests and nature preserves stay off-limits to the oil and gas industries’ trucks and drilling rigs.
After months of face-to-face meetings with key decision-makers, hundreds of emails sent from our members, and the delivery of a beautiful photo book of our members’ favorite state lands, Ohio’s lawmakers decided to scrap a proposal that would have opened up our remaining protected public lands for drilling. Your support and grassroots action helped ensure that Ohio’s natural areas remain open and protected.
But while we were working to block the drilling proposal, the state legislature cut back funding for our state nature preserves. We’re continuing the fight to ensure that Ohio’s special places are protected and maintained for future generations.
