State officials Friday selected a bidder to drill under a wildlife area in Carroll County and opened other state lands to oil and gas development.

A Texas-based company was chosen as the “highest and best” to lease land in Leesville Wildlife Area in Carroll County for fracking at Friday’s Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management meeting. Encino Energy ...

Graham Stokes/Ohio Capital Journal A Texas-based company was chosen as the “highest and best” to lease land in Leesville ...

(Photo by Art Smith) The history of our area is punctuated ... birds and wildlife. The lakes include Atwood Lake, Beach City Lake, Charles Mill Lake, Clendening Lake, Leesville Lake, Piedmont ...