Monthly Archives: April 2015


Buffalo basin’s hog-farm ban extended – Democrat Gazette

Democrat Gazette Buffalo basin’s hog-farm ban extended 3rd 180-day freeze OK’d; bid for a permanent one to get governor’s input By Emily Walkenhorst  This article was published today at 3:26 a.m. Updated April 24, 2015 at 10:03 p.m. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission approved a third 180-day ban on […]


Appeal dropped in Buffalo River hog lawsuit – AP

 Appeal dropped in Buffalo River hog lawsuit 4/24/2015 8:00 PMBy Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Federal agencies will have a year to do a new environmental assessment of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River after a federal appeals court’s ruling Friday. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court […]


Justice Department drops appeal of Buffalo River hog farm ruling – AR Times

Arkansas Times Justice Department drops appeal of Buffalo River hog farm ruling Posted By Max Brantley on Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 1:57 PM  Earth Justice announces that the federal Justice Department has dropped the appeal of a court ruling that federal agencies had failed to do sufficient environmental assessments before providing federal loan guarantees for […]


Gov. Hutchinson favors continued moratorium – Arkansas Times

Arkansas Times Gov. Hutchinson favors continued moratorium on new hog farms in Buffalo watershed Posted By Max Brantley on Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:48 PM Gov. Asa Hutchinson today said he supports reinstating a 180-day moratorium on new permits for medium and large-scale animal feeding operations in the Buffalo River watershed. His statement: “I think the […]


New Film Captures Buffalo River CAFO Controversy – KUAF

KUAF Radio Listen to this 7-minute interview here. New Film Captures Buffalo River CAFO Controversy  By JACQUELINE FROELICH  As a young adult, NOAA fisheries biologist and Arkansas native, Teresa Turk, camped along Big Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo National River. So when she learned that a new Confined Animal Feeding […]


Jasper, One of 10 Most Beautiful Towns in Arkansas

Theculturetrip.com The 10 Most Beautiful Towns in Arkansas Jasper Located in the heart of Newton County, Jasper is a tiny, scenic town nestled in the Ozark Mountains not far from the Buffalo National River – the first waterway in the US to be designated national river status. Surrounded by breathtaking […]


Godspeed, Uncle John By Mike Masterson

Arkansas Online Godspeed, Uncle John By Mike Masterson Across his 26 years as the congressman for the Third District, John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison earned a reputation for helping constituents as well as every Arkansan who needed it. No wonder so many of the influential and ordinary folks loved and […]