Sep 8, 5:11 PM EDT Cargill rejects calls to move Arkansas hog farm By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSAssociated Press Minnesota-based food processor Cargill said Monday that it has no intention to shutter or relocate an Arkansas hog farm, despite concerns from environmentalists who say the operation poses a pollution threat to the […]
Bacteria counts up in tributary system Posted: Monday, September 8, 2014 4:00 pm Faron Usrey, Aquatic Ecologist, with Buffalo National River will present information on monitoring of bacteria of Big Creek and Buffalo National River on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at Boone County Library. The program begins at 5:30 p.m. and the library […]
http://www.npca.org/news/media-center/press-releases/2014/cargill-to-buffalo-river.html PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: September 8, 2014Contact: Perry Wheeler, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 202-419-3712 Cargill to Buffalo River Coalition: 6,500 Hogs are “Good Neighbors” to America’s First National River Mt. Judea, AR – In a commitment letter to the Buffalo River Coalition and a subsequent op-ed in Minnesota’s […]
Community Groups Petition EPA for Precedent Setting Case on Civil Rights Violations Decade-long struggle with North Carolina over public health shifts to the EPA as community groups state lax oversight of hog operations violates civil rights WARSAW, N.C.-The North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help and Waterkeeper […]
Subject: Proposed Notification Procedures for new CAFOs passes legislative review This morning a joint meeting of the House and Senate Committees on Public Health, Welfare and Labor heard proposed changes to Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Regulation 6 to increase notification procedures for new Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) […]
Cargill staying putRoot hog or dieBy Mike Masterson8/31/14 Cargill Inc., the multinational corporation responsible for placing the factory of up to 6,500 swine in the Buffalo National River watershed, has responded to sustained public outcries by saying it has no plans to abandon its grossly misplaced venture called C&H Hog […]
The following op-ed was written in response to BRWA VP Jack Stewart’s article, “Cargill Operation Is Contradictory” in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on August 25. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/273253621.html Counterpoint: Cargill’s Arkansas pig farm is a good neighbor Article by: MIKE LUKER Updated: August 29, 2014 – 10:50 PM The contract operation strives […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/08/25/cargill-chief-credited-for-climate-remarks-urged-to-do-better-in-buffalo-river-watershed Cargill chief credited for climate remarks; urged to do better in Buffalo River watershed Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:47 AM Jack Stewart, vice president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, landed an op-ed in the daily newspaper in Minneapolis, base for Cargill, the […]
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/272370391.html A Cargill pig operation in Arkansas is contradictory Article by: JACK STEWART Updated: August 22, 2014 – 6:50 PM The CEO speaks of the environment, but the feedlot threatens a national treasure. It’s not every day in America that a major corporation steps forward and admits that climate change […]
Dr. John Van Brahana will be Honored at the Arkansas Wildlife Federation’s 2014Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards BanquetSaturday, August 23, 2014Doors open @ 4:00 PM; Dinner served @ 6:00 PMThe Center of Bryant located at Bishop Park, 6401 Boone Road, Bryant, Arkansas August 22, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For more than […]
Honoring Brahana By Mike Masterson Its good to see the Arkansas Wildlife Federation rightfully honoring Dr. John Van Brahana at its annual Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet tonight in Bryant.A retired University of Arkansas professor of geological sciences and one of the nation’s foremost hydrologists, Brahana has spent the past year […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/08/20/cargill-holding-firm-on-hog-farm-in-buffalo-river-watershed Cargill holding firm on hog farm in Buffalo River watershedPosted By Max Brantley on Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:57 PM Dr. Joe Nix of Arkadelphia, a respected water chemist, is sending to friends and associates a letter he received, dated today, from the president of Cargill Pork about the […]
Minnesota Public Radio Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill’s Arkansas hog operations Environment Elizabeth Dunbar · St. Paul, Minn. · Aug 15, 2014 Minnesota-based Cargill has been taking heat from conservationists, including some in Minnesota, for one of its contract hog farms in Arkansas. Some of the anger over […]
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/14/cargill-arkansas-farm-operations Twin Cities environmentalists join fight over Cargill’s Arkansas hog operations Elizabeth Dunbar Elizabeth Dunbar · St. Paul, Minn. · Aug 15, 2014 Minnesota-based Cargill has been taking heat from conservationists, including some in Minnesota, for one of its contract hog farms in Arkansas. Some of the anger over the […]
Tale of two letters On the Buffalo Mike Masterson (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Tue, Aug 12, 2014) For valued readers who mistakenly believe all public reactions to my columns about the state’s unbelievable decision to permit a hog factory in the Buffalo National River watershed are roses and light, I invite you […]
Ecologist steps up Big Creek studyFocus on water quality near hog farmRYAN MCGEENEY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE As Faron Usrey wades into the Buffalo National River at its confluence with Big Creek, armed with a small, plastic sample jar and a tiny sealable bag, he knows he’s not going to be able […]
On the BuffaloCandidates speak By Mike Masterson You may find it as unsurprising as I do to learn what both gubernatorial candidates have to say (and not) about our state wrongheadedly permitting that controversial hog factory at Mount Judea in our state’s precious Buffalo National River watershed. GOP candidate Asa Hutchinson and […]
Arkansas News BureauLITTLE ROCK Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Director Teresa Marks will retire on Sept. 30, the agency said Wednesday. Gov. Mike Beebe appointed Marks in 2007 to head the state environmental regulatory agency, which has about 400 employees. “I have been so fortunate and I will always […]
http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/07/22/governor-candidates-talk-about-hog-farms-in-northwest-arkansas Governor candidates talk about hog farms in Northwest Arkansas Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:26 PM The major party candidates for governor have had one joint appearance today and have another scheduled. No debate debates for Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross. Here’s […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2014/jul/22/vitamins-and-groundwater-20140722/ Dr. John Van Brahana, the widely respected professor emeritus and specialist in hydrology from the University of Arkansas, must be taking mega-vitamins. How else to explain the energy level of this man who for almost a year has volunteered his time and resources, along with a team of volunteers, […]