Istockanalyst:
....Specifically, H.B. 133 would allow leasing state land -- parks and such -- for oil and
....Language added to the bill in the House would require state agencies to take steps to reclassify lands to make it easier for the commission to lease them. What the drill-baby-drill Kasich administration wants is to have as much as possible of the 170,000 acres of land that the state wildlife division manages to be declared as having no federal interests and encumbrances.
But wildlife lands currently are classified as having some federal interest because they are, at least in part, managed through federal Pittman-Robertson [P-R] or Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux [D-J] funds.
Can you imagine the damage that will be done to habitats and the environment in our parks? Of course, Kasich and the Republicans just don't care because money and greed are more important than protecting the environment and animal life.
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