A new entry in the fight to control hog farm pollution  Posted By Max Brantley on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:13 PM Richard H. Mays, a Heber Springs lawyer long active in environmental issues, tells me he’s president of a new group, the Arkansas Environmental Defense Alliance, aimed at preserving and defending natural resources. Action today: […]

Arkansasonline Park Service opposes permit shift Public input on big feeding farms would be less, hearing told By Bill Bowden JASPER — The National Park Service opposes Arkansas’ draft plan to continue issuing “general permits” for concentrated animal feeding operations. Chuck Bitting, the service’s manager of the natural resource program for […]