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Southern Forests Opened to Oil/Gas

Again, from Facing South:

124 parcels of Federal subsurface brought in $2,540,277.50 through a competitive auction of oil and gas leases. The underlying parcels were within the Talladega National Forest in Alabama, the Ouachita, Ozark and St. Francis National Forests in Arkansas, the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana, privately owned surface in Michigan, the DeSoto and Tombigbee National Forests in Mississippi, and the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

Find all the proposed land to be sold here

JW Randolph

Raised on the banks of the Tennessee River, JW's work to create progress in his home state and throughout Appalachia has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show, The Daily Kos and Grist. He served first as Appalachian Voices’ Legislative Associate and then Tennessee director until leaving to pursue a career in medicine in 2012.

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