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 […]
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 […]
Beebe Calls for Inspections and Possibility of Legislation for Hog Farm on Buffalo RiverUALR Public Radio By JACOB KAUFFMAN Governor Beebe’s Weekly Radio Address Buffalo National RiverThe newly built C&H Hog Farm near the Buffalo River may be getting additional water quality inspections. Governor Mike Beebe says he wants to use $250,000 […]
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 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 […]
$250K to monitor hog farm; Experts to map locations to drill monitoring wells and establish testing sites.nn Harrison Daily Times Posted: Friday, August 16, 2013 3:06 pm | Staff Report [email protected] | 0 comments LITTLE ROCK undefined Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe announced Friday that he will ask the Arkansas Legislative […]
Beebe: state-funded independent monitoring of hog farm doesn’t need landowner permission Posted by David Ramsey on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:48 PM As noted on John Brummett’s blog yesterday, Gov. Mike Beebe plans to proceed with a request for legislative approval to spend $250,000 in rainy day funds on […]
Beebe moves to have UA monitor hog farmAugust 14th, 2013, 9:07 am Gov. Mike Beebe tells me this morning that his office has formally asked the Legislative Council to approve at its next meeting his release of $250,000 in rainy-day funds to contract with University of Arkansas specialists to intensify […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
Groups sue over hog farmPosted: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 4:31 pm |Staff Report [email protected] nn LITTLE ROCK undefined Several non-profit environmental organization have filed suit against state and federal agencies asking the court to void $3.4 million in loan guarantees to C&H Hog Farms near Mt. Judea based on the impact […]
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 […]
KY3 News, Springfield, MO August 6, 2013
Lawsuit filed over loans for hog farmArkansas News Bureaunn LITTLE ROCK A coalition of environmental activist groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two federal agencies over their issuance of about $3.3 million in loan guarantees to C&H Hog Farms, which operates on a tributary of the Buffalo National River in […]
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 […]
NWAOnline Lawsuit filed over C&H Hog Farms loansBy Ryan McGeeneyPosted: August 6, 2013 at 1:41 p.m.Print itemE-mail A coalition of four environmental activism groups filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court against both the Farm Service Agency and the Small Business Administration for the issuance of loan guarantees for the […]
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: August 6, 2013Contact: • Jack Stewart, Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, (870) 715-0260, [email protected]• Emily Jones, National Parks Conservation Association, (865) 329-2424 x 26, cell (865) 335-4666, [email protected]• Robert Cross, The Ozark Society, (479) 466-3077, [email protected]• Debbie Doss, Arkansas Canoe Club, (501)472-6873, [email protected] Groups Go To Court […]
http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/around-mount-judeas-hog-factory/ Curiosity had gotten the best of me and, after a crunchy catfish po’ boy at the historic Cliff House along Scenic 7 south of Jasper, I wandered with Pat Flippo of Fayetteville into the sprawling valley below known as the Grand Canyon of the Ozarks. That breathtaking expanse is […]