National Hog Farmer Arkansas Imposes Moratorium on Hog Farm PermitsTime allows review by Arkansas State Legislature on future animal feeding operations in Buffalo River Watershed Oct 30, 2014 Source: The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, AR A moratorium on permits for hog farms in Arkansas gives that state’s legislature time to […]
http://www.usatoday.com/story/experience/weekend/lifestyle/2014/10/29/10best-national-parks-in-fall/17995483/ 10Best: National parks in fall David and Kay Scott, 10Best.com 10:17 a.m. EDT October 29, 2014 America’s national parks offer stunning autumn scenery from coast to coast. 1. Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Changes in elevation produce beautiful colors. 2. Buffalo National River, Arkansas. One of America’s […]
A team of outside experts was hired by the Big Creek Research and Extension Team (BCRET) to take a critical look at the research protocols and methods being implemented on C&H Farm. This Peer Review team submitted their report on May 19, 2014. This report pointed out certain weaknesses and […]
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Arkansas Online, October 26, 2014 Intimidation tactics Threats reported Mike Masterson Threats fueled by heated emotions over the hog factory in Newton County have increased of late along Big Creek at Mount Judea. Two volunteer water-quality monitors, one of whom was with two members of the press, reported being harassed […]
Buffalo brouhaha Gone whole-hog By Mike Masterson This article was published today at 3:14 a.m. Legal and political aromas from that misplaced hog factory in the Buffalo National River watershed at Mount Judea continue to waft across Arkansas. U.S. District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. ruled the other day that […]
http://kuaf.com/post/new-swine-factory-farm-faces-scientific-scrutiny Three different teams of scientists are monitoring Big Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo National River, to assess if a new industrial swine farm situated upstream is polluting the watershed. One team, led by noted UA Geoscientist Emeritus Dr. Van Brahana, has released a second round of findings. Jacqueline […]
Panel looks at pig-farm ban Plan to extend permit freeze as legislators review rulesBy Ryan McGeeney Members of Arkansas’ environmental rule-making body will consider next week whether to extend a six-month ban on certain concentrated animal feeding operations near the Buffalo National River. The announcement came on the same day that […]
Prescience revisited 30 years ago, wilderness protectedBy Ed Bethune Special to the Democrat-Gazette There are two types of wilderness. One is in our minds. This inner wilderness–a place of testing–is as old as Moses and we have all been there, for a variety of reasons. Lately, however, we are driven to this […]
Judge wants new look at Buffalo River hog farmPosted 3:16 p.m. Friday LITTLE ROCK, ARK. undefined A federal judge wants regulators to take another look at the potential impact of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas. Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. said Thursday a previous […]
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/oct/17/hog-farm-got-off-easy-judge-finds-20141/ Hog farm got off easy, judge finds Environmental study in for redoBy Ryan McGeeneyThis article was published today at 3:56 a.m. A federal judge said Thursday that he will file an injunction against loan guarantees for a Newton County hog farm and require a federal agency to redo an environmental […]
As The Water Flows Mike Masterson October 14, 2014 The public outcry to preserve the purity of our Buffalo National River continues to build, as evidenced by an informational event scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday in Fayetteville’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall. A public singalong and rally is slated […]
Fayetteville Free Weekly What’s Up on the Buffalo? Rolling Out the ScienceBy Lin Wellford | October 9, 2014 So, what is up on the Buffalo River? Many people in Arkansas are now aware that a 6500 head confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) for swine was granted a permit to operate […]
Ecologist says more river testing coming for hog farm’s effect on water quality Harrison Daily Times Posted: Friday, October 3, 2014 6:45 amBy JAMES L. WHITE [email protected] Faron Usrey, an aquatic ecologist with the Buffalo National River, told about 50 river activists last week that some initial data showed […]
No more CAFOsHogging the spotlightMike Masterson The Arkansas Legislature is in the process of deciding whether to support a petition before the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission that would permanently prevent future medium and large swine factories from setting up in our precious Buffalo National River watershed.Sounds to me […]
Arkansas Times Proposed ban on new large hog farms in Buffalo River watershed punted today in Public Health Posted By David Ramsey on Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:17 AM A proposed ban on new controlled animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the Buffalo River watershed was on the agenda in […]
http://online.wsj.com/articles/government-scientists-try-to-take-the-stink-out-of-pig-manure-1411093808 Government Scientists Try to Take the Stink Out of Pig Manure Efforts to Take the Stink Out of Manure Increase, but Some Say That’s a Waste By MARK PETERS Sept. 18, 2014 10:30 p.m. ET PEORIA, Ill. Terry Whitehead’s lab here is stocked with glass boiling flasks, Bunsen burnersundefinedand […]
Taking a Health Hazard Home New York TimesBy STEPHANIE STROM SEPT. 15, 2014 Workers at hog farms have the highest incidence of S. aureus, a bacterium that can contaminate food and give rise to illnesses, some life threatening. A new study of a small group of workers at industrial […]
Big ol’ permit loopholeBy Mike MastersonSeptember 13, 2014 Let’s head back down to that Mount Judea hog factory the state wrongheadedly allowed to begin spraying millions of gallons of swine waste on acres that border a major tributary of our precious Buffalo National River.Joe Nix of Arkadelphia, a prominent water […]
Hog farm gets corporate support; Coalition expresses disappointment Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 6:45 am |Staff Report [email protected] | 0 comments In a letter to the Buffalo River Coalition, international food conglomerate Cargill responded to extensive public outcry in opposition to the location of C & H Hog Farms near the […]