Monthly Archives: January 2016


NEWS RELEASE: January 29, 2016 – Earthjustice

NEWS RELEASE: January 29, 2016 CONTACTS: Dr. John Van Brahana, 479-236-1347, [email protected] (for comments on science) Gordon Watkins, President, Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, 870-446-5783, [email protected] (concerned northern Arkansas resident) Hannah Chang, Earthjustice, 212-845-7382, [email protected] (for legal questions) Thomas J. Aley, PHG & PGnn ​, ​Senior Hydrogeologist, (417) 785-4289, [email protected] (for supporting comments on science) LINK TO ONLINE PRESS RELEASE & BUFFALO RIVER COALITION […]


Comment Period Extended for River Assessment – Free Weekly

The Free Weekly Comment Period Extended for River Assessment Posted by Nick Brothers | January 21, 2016 Citizens concerned about pollution regarding the C&H Hog Farm near Big Creek in Mt. Judea, Ark., have a little more time to raise their concerns about the recent environmental assessment by two federal agencies of the facility.   […]


Hog farm assessment raises questions – Ginny Masullo

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette January 12, 2016 NWA LETTERS Posted: January 12, 2016 at 1 a.m. ·          Hog farm assessment raises questions The latest environmental assessment, or EA, regarding the 6,500-hog factory in the Buffalo River’s watershed generates more questions than answers. The EA states: “Application of wastes to fields […]


Amazing pig-poop poofer By Mike Masterson

Amazing pig-poop poofer By Mike Masterson Posted: January 2, 2016 at 2:06 a.m.             It made my heart race even faster when I heard that the controversial hog factory our state so wrongheadedly misplaced in the Buffalo National River watershed is testing revolutionary swine-waste-vaporizing equipment. Just maybe, instead of regularly dumping […]