Monthly Archives: August 2013


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Treehugger Blog

Read this article on the largest environmental blog on the internet, with 250,000 Twitter followers:nn http://www.treehugger.com/environmental-policy/americas-first-national-river-threatened-factory-hog-farm.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


Close, don’t monitor – Mike Masterson

Arkansas Online August 27, 2013 Close, don’t monitor By Mike Masterson This article was published today at 5:11 a.m.   Not everyone is hog-wild about Gov. Mike Beebe’s announced plan to seek $250,000 from the Legislature to cover the costs of water-quality monitoring around the controversial C&H hog factory our […]


Governor Steps To Plate In Hogs Contest – Mike Masterson

For BRWA’s position on the Governor’s proposal, see previous blog entry.n http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/governor-steps-to-plate-in-hogs-contest/ All who appreciate the magnificence of the Buffalo National River must be pleased to hear Governor Mike Beebe say he will ask the Legislative Council to authorize $250,000 for soil and water tests in and around the new […]


Alliance Response to Governor’s Proposal

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: August 21, 2013Contact: Perry Wheeler, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 202-419-3712 Coalition Urges Caution in Embracing Governor Beebe Water Testing Proposal for C & H Hog Farms Groups remain steadfast in efforts to revoke hog facility permit Statement by Robert Cross, President, Ozark Society “As widely […]


Gov. Beebe’s Monitoring Proposal – 8/19/13

Russellville Courier News Watching the Buffalo River for animal waste by Gov. Mike Beebe 09:25 AM, Monday, August 19 2013 | 230 views | 0 | 0 | | One of the many duties of our Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is to issue permits to farmers who maintain […]


Why I’m not Cargill’s CEO – Mike Masterson

Why I’m not Cargill’s CEO Mike Masterson As you might imagine, I, too, receive lots of messages. So it was no surprise to see an email from someone signed only as “A Concerned Arkansas Legislator” arrive in the inbox.This one told of “an interesting rumor” floating around the state Capitol. […]


UA delays plan for testing near hog farm

UA delays plan for testing near hog farmnn Arkansas Democrat Gazette, August 17, 2013 Move also postpones vote for $250,000 by state legislators to fund study By Ryan McGeeney A plan to begin testing for nutrients and pollutants in the soil and groundwater in the area near a Newton County […]


Arkansas Times article on Gov’s Funding Plan

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/08/12/proposed-pollution-testing-program-for-mt-judea-hog-farm-may-have-hit-snag We reported last month that Gov. Mike Beebe, lawmakers, and various stakeholders were in discussion about the possibility of state-funded testing and monitoring on the C & H hog farm in Mt. Judea, which has sparked controversy because of its location by a tributary of the Buffalo River. The […]


As promised It’s off to court we go Mike Masterson

As promised It’s off to court we go Mike Masterson Folks at a coalition of conservation and citizen groups warned that a lawsuit awaited unless things changed radically with the controversial C&H hog factory approved by our state to grow thousands of Cargill Inc.’s hogs in the Buffalo National River […]


UA plan to test hog farm delayed

NWAOnline UA plan to test hog farm’s land isn’t ready to go Funding vote is put off, too By Ryan McGeeney Posted: August 9, 2013 at 2:07 a.m.  A plan to begin testing for nutrients and pollutants in the soil and groundwater in the area near a Newton County hog […]


U.S. sued over loan pledged to hog farm – AR Democrat Gazette

Arkansas Democrat Gazette 8/7/13n U.S. sued over loan pledged to hog farmBy Ryan McGeeney Lawyers representing a coalition of four environmental-activism groups filed suit Tuesday against the federal government, claiming improper issuance of loan guarantees for the construction of C&H Hog Farms, the large-scale concentrated animal feeding operation in Mount […]


Lawsuit Filed – Arkansas Times

Arkansas Times Lawsuit filed to stop hog feeding operation in Buffalo River watershedPosted by Max Brantley on Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 1:38 PM TARGETED BY LAWSUIT: The C&H Hog Farms feeding operation.A coalition of groups filed suit in federal court in Little Rock today to set aside $3.4 million […]


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