ADEQ has granted a permit for a 6503 swine farm (CAFO) near Big Creek, West of Mt. Judea, (Hwy. intersections 74/123) in Newton County, Arkansas. There will be 17 separate hog waste application fields, 11 of these are adjacent to Big Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo National River. Total […]

On Monday March 4th the Newton County Quorum Court heard testimony on the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) planned on Big Creek, a tributary just 5 miles from the Buffalo National River. NPS review of the supporting documentation found 45 areas of significant errors and omissions in the area of […]

The second “Battle for the Buffalo River” will have many chapters. We begin here and now.  If we lose the battle to protect water quality, we lose it all. Our wild river will be dead. Nothing is more fundamental to the environment than water quality — it is the first issue. We […]