Brahana TalksMike Masterson- Democrat-Gazette, January 28, 2014 Former UA geoscience professor John Van Brahana last week addressed the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission about the need to protect the Buffalo National River’s watershed. This political body oversees the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (cough). Brahana has invested large amounts […]
Eureka Springs Independentn Exploring Cargill statementESI StaffWednesday, January 22, 2014 Editor,In response to Mike Martin, Cargill director of communications, [Jan. 8 Independent].I have searched ADEQ’s website and other documents finding that in 1992 Randy Young, executive director of Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, initiated a study of confined animal […]
Hog issue complex?By Mike MastersonPosted: January 21, 2014 at 2:45 a.m. Two avid supporters of the Buffalo National River in Newton County recently sent their concerns to state legislators. They asked the representatives to do everything possible to prevent the potential pollution of the treasured stream by C&H Hog Farms. […]
ARKANSAS POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY COMMISSIONREGULAR COMMISSION MEETINGFriday, January 24, 20149:00 a.m. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY5301 NORTHSHORE DRIVENORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 72118 AGENDAn(Item #03) I. Call Meeting to Order – 9:00 a.m. II. Roll Call III. Approval of October 25, 2013, Commission Meeting (Item #04) Minutes IV. Department ReportsA. Director’s Report B. Status of Regulations Monthly […]
The Mountain Press, Sevier County Tenn.n Public Notice Week: Something to celebrateJan. 20, 2014 @ 12:10 AMFRANK GIBSON SEVIERVILLE Residents of Mt. Judea, Ark., woke up one morning recently to learn that their small community is about to become host to a hog farm – population 6,503 hogs. “What really […]
Northwest Arkansas Times, January 16, 2014n Keep The Buffalo River Pristine Recently I had the rare and wonderful opportunity to tour the Fay Jones-designed Faubus house in Huntsville. About 30 years ago when I was a graduate student at the University of Arkansas, my mother and I stopped by the […]
On January 13, 2014, the Department of Justice filed its Answer to BRWA’s Amended Complaint. The next step in the agreed schedule is for the government to produce the Administrative Record on February 4, 2014.
Cargill says no ‘flood’ of hog factories planned for ArkansasBecky Gillette Eureka Springs IndependentWednesday, January 08, 2014 Cargill, the company buying the pork produced by the C&H Hog Farms located near the Buffalo River, has thus far responded to about 300 letters or e-mails from people concerned about how the […]
http://www.eurekaspringsindependent.com/single_story.asp?StoryID=5228 Hog factory opponents move forward to protect the Buffalo RiverBecky Gillette Eureka Springs IndependentWednesday, January 08, 2014 The holidays brought new filings in the lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups challenging the permit for the controversial C&H Hog Farms in Mt. Judea near the Buffalo River, and […]
Newton County Times Billboard stirs hog farm controversy Photo submitted This is a billboard on U.S. 65 South near Western Grove. Could it be warning of impending pollution from the ADEQ-permitted hog farm in Mt. Judea near Big Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo National River? Posted: Monday, January 6, 2014 […]
Swine versus scenery?nn http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/nytimes-hogs-verses-scenery/ By Mike Masterson Posted: January 4, 2014 at 2:16 a.m. The New York Times story of the controversial C&H Hog Farms planted by Cargill Inc. and local owners in the Buffalo National River watershed last fall finally was published in late December. Reporter John Eligon, […]
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/02/257393870/how-mass-produced-meat-turned-phosphorus-into-pollution It’s a quandary of food production: The same drive for efficiency that lowers the cost of eating also can damage our soil and water.Take the case of one simple, essential, chemical element: phosphorus.Phosphorus is one of the nutrients that plants need to grow, and for most of human history, […]