Shale Map Concerns and Demotion of Ohio's Top Geologist

According to an article in the Zanesville Times Recorder, Ohio's top geologist demoted following shale map concerns, a series of errors, primarily linked to the gas and oil fracking industry, has led to the demotion of Ohio's top geologist, Mr. L. Wickstrom.

Based on an April 12 employee evaluation form cited in the article, Wickstrom's fracking-related grievances include:

• Wickstrom developed a new Utica shale map and presented it to the Ohio Gas & Oil Association four days before allowing his supervisors to review it. The map shows where the Utica shale is buried and in what form, "dry gas, wet gas or oil." (Zanesville Times Recorder)
• Wickstrom waited until January 17 to report the January 12 2.1 magnitude earthquake near Youngstown to his superiors.