James Bartels, a former 911 dispatcher in southeast Ohio, admitted to starting dozens of fires to "give the boys something to do." ...

ATHENS, Ohio— A new Bureau of Land Management plan to open 40,000 acres of the Wayne National Forest to fracking for oil and gas looks almost identical to one a federal judge rejected in 2020. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio― A federal judge blocked new oil and gas leasing and fracking in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest late Monday, following a ruling last year rebuking the Bureau of Land Management and U.S.

(WKBN) – It’s been a little over six months since the USDA Forest Service announced that it was considering changing the name of Wayne National Forest in Ohio. WKBN 27 First News checked in ...

Moon trees have been off this planet and back, having touched ground at Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio.

Bartels was also ordered to pay $638,000 in restitution and register through the Ohio Arson Registry. Wayne National Forest is in the Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio. Jennifer Rodriguez ...

The Wayne National Forest will be doing spring prescribed fires in more than 2,000 acres in three areas until May 30. Wayne National Forest Supervisor Lee Stewart said the prescribed burns include ...

NELSONVILLE, Ohio — The Wayne National Forest will conduct spring prescribed fires in five areas totaling up to 4,555 acres between approximately March 1 to May 30.

On Oct. 29, 2022, officers with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources noticed a truck registered to Bartels near Wayne National Forest and within an hour a fire was reported in the forest near ...

Bartels came under suspicion after an Ohio Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officer saw a truck registered to Bartels near Wayne National Forest on Oct. 29, 2022, and within an hour ...