An Ohio community is negotiating to buy 850 acres from a coal company; if successful, the public forest could link about 74,000 acres between Wayne National Forest and Strouds Run State Park
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September 15, 2026
Representative Image (AI-generated) An effort in southeast Ohio could turn roughly 850 acres of former coal-company land into a publicly accessible community forest, creating a major connection between existing protected and recreational lands. Local…