Buffalo River group fears large operation is just the first7-city lecture tour targets hog farm By Ryan McGeeney The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance is sponsoring a seven-city tour to spread the message that large-scale farming operations rarely show up alone. Elva Kelly, a board member and spokesman for the Buffalo […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/oct/19/alliance-warns-and-informs-20131019/ Alliance warns and informsBy Mike Masterson The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance is sounding an alarm to warn of the potential storm of hog factories approaching Arkansas. The nonprofit group’s forewarning comes in the form of a seven-city educational tour of public meetings it’s sponsoring beginning next Friday in Fayetteville […]
“The Buffalo Flows” an excellent documentary produced by the University of Arkansas about the Buffalo National River, will be shown on Saturdays at 1 p.m. through Thanksgiving weekend at the Buffalo Theater in Jasper. No one can see as much of the river in a canoe, as you will see on our […]
One river’s purity What about Buffalo? By Mike Mastersonnn The multinational food giant Cargill Inc. of Minnesota was generous enough to donate $50,000 toward promoting better understanding of water-quality issues and improving water quality in the Illinois River of Northwest Arkansas. Yet it has provided nothing to help geoscientist John […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/oct/04/hog-farm-tests-start-2014-20131004/ Hog-farm tests to start in 2014 Leader: UA role is research By Ryan McGeeney Posted: October 4, 2013 at 2:28 a.m. FAYETTEVILLE – Soil and water testing in the areas surrounding a hog farm in Newton County will begin in late winter or early spring of 2014, a University of […]
Hogs, karst and the Buffalo By Mike Masterson Arkansas geoscientist John Van Brahana plans on taking to the pulpit tonight in Fayetteville. His sermon (of sorts) about being stewards who supposedly protect God’s Country begins promptly at 7. He’ll be disclosing and discussing the early results of water-quality testing that […]
KTHV TV Report LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Legislators decide to spend more than $300,000 to study runoff from a hog farm in North Arkansas. C and H Hog Farm has been heavily debated, and now the Newton County property will open its gates to an environmental study. The measure […]
NWAOnline UA division to study effects of hog farm on soil, water By Sean Beherec This article was published September 6, 2013 at 5:15 a.m. A legislative subcommittee Thursday approved spending $340,000 in general improvement funds to study the environmental effects of a commercial pig farm on the Buffalo River […]
Environment / Health Hog farms linked to infectionsnn Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM click to enlarge PROBLEM NEIGHBORS: Infection risk higher near hog farms, new research says. Still more news of interest in Arkansas from USA Today: Living near a hog farm or a […]
The current issue of American Way has an article on the Buffalo National River by Fayetteville author Bob Whitby.nn To read the full article follow this linkn http://hub.aa.com/en/aw/buffalo-national-river-arkansas
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/sep/14/hog-farms-inspection-results-released-20130914/ [See the full ADEQ Inspection Report on the Documents and Video page]n Hog farm’s inspection results released Inspectors note concerns with nutrient plan, waste lagoon in advisory report By Ryan McGeeney The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality this week issued the results of a compliance assistance inspection of C&H […]
On September 5, a legislative subcommittee in Little Rock recommended funding a $340,000 proposal by the University of Arkansas to “Demonstrate and Monitor the Sustainable Management of Nutrients on C & H Farm in Big Creek Watershed.” The proposal requests an additional $400,000 over the following four years. In short, […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/sep/07/hutchinson-more-notice-needed-hog-farm-other-proje/ Hutchinson: More Notice Needed On Hog Farm, Other ProjectsBy Doug Thompson FAYETTEVILLE undefined The state should require more public notice for construction of ventures like a large-scale hog farm in the watershed of the Buffalo National River, Asa Hutchinson, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor, said Friday. […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/sep/08/research-group-its-own-testing-water-near-20130908/ Research group on its own testing water near hog farm2 scientists fear analysis shorted on area around operationBy Ryan McGeeney FAYETTEVILLE – Two Arkansas scientists are working to document water quality near the C&H Hog Farms in Newton County. Van Brahana, a hydrologist and recently retired University of Arkansas […]
Groups plan rally over hog farm lawsuit David Holsted/Staff, Harrison Daily Times Posted: Friday, September 6, 2013 7:15 amStaff Report [email protected] |0 commentsnn The Newton County Farm Bureau recently elected a second owner of C&H Hog Farms to its board of directors and passed resolutions including one to encourage water quality […]
Arkansas Times Article Legislature approves money for pollution testing on hog farm near Buffalo River Posted by David Ramsey on Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:06 PM HOGS NEAR THE BUFFALO: state will fund testing and monitoring The legislature’s Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) joint subcommittee today approved […]
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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 […]
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 […]