Amended hog-farm plan: 5-year ban, then decision Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Emily Walkenhorst This article was published today at 2:28 a.m. Gov. Asa Hutchinson and environmental advocates have amended a proposal banning all future medium and large hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed, suggesting a five-year ban instead. After five years, […]
USGS Study Shows That Pollution from Hog and Poultry Operations has Significant Impacts on North Carolina’s Waterways Waterkeeper Alliance Posted on June 23 2015 by Maia Raposo Today, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) released a thorough, multi-yearstudy addressing impacts from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on water quality in North Carolina. The results of the study, […]
June 12, 2015, 12:30 pm Clean Water Rule protects national parks By Maureen Finnerty The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers have released a new rule to re-extend protections of the Clean Water Act to the headwater streams and wetlands that provide drinking water for one in […]
Report: 1.3 million visited Buffalo River in 2014 Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 9:00 am From the National Park Service Buffalo National River | HARRISON — A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,357,057 visitors to Buffalo National River [Arkansas] in 2014, spent $56.6 million in gateway communities surrounding the […]
Tribute on the riverBy Mike Masterson Low, fast-moving rain clouds punctuated by intermittent showers couldn’t keep nearly 100 people and Channel 10 television from Springfield, Mo., from attending the memorial rally and float for the late 3rd District Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt along the Buffalo National River near Pruitt last […]
Ozarks First TV Memorial and Tribute Float Honors Late Arkansas Congressman Linda Ong Mike Pitts 05/24/2015 09:37 PM 05/24/2015 09:54 PM HARRISON, Ark.– Heavy rain didn’t keep people coming out to the Buffalo River to honor late Arkansas Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt. He died on April 1, 2015 at the […]
Groups apply for fees in hog suit After filing, joint request made to halt more materials By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Attorneys for the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and other environmental groups applied for $370,510 in attorneys fees this week in the lawsuit the groups filed against the U.S. Department of […]
Victory for Yakima Valley Residents v. Dairy CAFOLaw of the Fork and Farm Blog ” The plaintiff’s lawsuit is ground-breaking insofar as it is the first RCRA citizen suit against a CAFO to come this far(previous citizen suits against CAFO pollution have focused on the Clean Water and Clear Air Acts, for […]
Arkansas Tourism Ticker: New records set in state’s travel and tourism sector Submitted by The City Wire Staff on Mon, 05/18/2015 – 2:30pm There should be little doubt Arkansas’ travel and tourism industry is doing well. Sector employment set a new record high in February and collections of the state’s 2% […]
Memorial Sundaynn by Mike Masterson If you have nothing else planned for May 24 and would enjoy a rewarding and unforgettable afternoon in an idyllic setting for Memorial Day weekend, you might consider joining me and the Ozark River Stewards along the scenic Buffalo National River.They’ve planned a tribute […]
Listen to the KUAF Radio broadcast here Department of Justice Drops Appeal of Federal Ruling Against Ozarks Swine CAFO Financials By JACQUELINE FROELICH The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn an appeal challenging a federal court decision finding that millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees backing an industrial swine breeding […]
Uncle John at rest By Mike MastersonPosted: May 5, 2015 at 2:22 a.m.nn Standing in Harrison’s sun-dappled Maplewood Cemetery, where I’ve long paid scores of visits to the engraved marble headstones of those gone, it still seemed surrealistic to watch the ashes of my late uncle, John Paul Hammerschmidt, laid to […]
Harrison Daily Times Critical habitat designation smaller than proposed; 2 mussels endangered, threatened Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 7:15 am | Staff Report [email protected] | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has dedicated more than 1,900 miles of river in 12 states as critical habitat for two types of freshwater mussels, but the area […]
Health impact news Factory Farm Model Fails Again: 10 Percent of US Pig Population Wiped Out in One Year 0 0 0 0 By Dr. Mercola Did you know that over the past year, nearly 10 percent of the entire swine population in the US has been wiped out by a highly lethal […]
Arkansas Business Fouling a National River Is Bad for Business (Vic Snyder & Ed Bethune Commentary) by Ed Bethune and Vic Snyder on Monday, Apr. 27, 2015 12:00 am What is the economic value of a public image? Paying $1.4 million for a 30-second 2015 Super Bowl commercial seems outrageous, […]
National Parks TravelerJustice Department Drops Its Appeal On Buffalo National River Hog Farm CaseSubmitted by NPT Staff on April 27, 2015 – 1:10am A decision by the Department of Justice to drop its appeal in a case involving a hog farm upstream of the Buffalo National River means the Farm Service Agency and […]
GreenwireIwin for greens, DOJ withdraws appeal in CAFO case Tiffany Stecker, E&E reporter Published: Monday, April 27, 2015 The Department of Justice won’t challenge a federal court ruling that the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration violated environmental laws in providing loans to a large hog farm […]
Democrat Gazette U.S. dismisses appeal of ruling on hog-farm environmental study This article was published today at 3:02 a.m. By Emily Walkenhorst The federal agencies ordered by a judge to redo environmental assessments of C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea had their subsequent appeal of the decision dismissed Friday. The U.S. […]
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 […]
Moratorium on hog farm permits renewed By John LyonArkansas News [email protected] NORTH LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission voted Friday to approve a third 180-day moratorium on issuing hog farm permits in the Buffalo River watershed. A motion to approve the moratorium carried in a […]