Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

August 15, 2018

Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Meeting Scheduled

NORTH LITTLE ROCK - The Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (BBRAC) will hold its 2018 third quarter meeting at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) on August 21, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the ADEQ Headquarters Commission Room located at 5301 Northshore Drive in North Little Rock.

Items on the agenda include a presentation by Executive Director of the Illinois River Partnership Dr. Nicole Hardiman on the Illinois River Watershed Management Plan and a presentation by ADEQ Ecologist Coordinator Tate Wentz on the history of filamentous algae in the Buffalo National River.

BBRAC was established by Governor Asa Hutchinson in 2016 to develop an Arkansas-led, non-regulatory approach to identify opportunities to protect and maintain water quality in the Buffalo River Watershed. The Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Agriculture Department, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, and Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality are the state agencies that comprise the committee. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office are supporting partners. Additional information about BBRAC is available at https://bbrac.arkansas.gov/. 

CONTACT: contact@bbrac.arkansas.gov or 501-682-0874