Arkansas hog farm’s foes sue to get their scientist on site for pollution research By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: August 25, 2016 at 5:45 a.m. Link Opponents of a large hog farm near the Buffalo National River have filed a federal lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the hog […]
arkansasonline Arkansas hog farm’s foes sue to get their scientist on site for pollution research By Emily Walkenhorst Opponents of a large hog farm near the Buffalo National River have filed a federal lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the hog farm, asking a judge to allow a […]
Three grandmothers join forces to appeal ADEQ permit August 24, 2016 Eureka Springs Independent Three Northwest Arkansas women have banded together to appeal a recent decision that would allow EC Farms to spray hog waste from C&H Hog Farms, Inc., onto additional pastures within the Buffalo River watershed. All three […]
Link Buffalo a harbor for birds; 96,341 acres get sanctuary label By Bill Bowden Posted: August 23, 2016 at 5:45 a.m. The Buffalo National River is officially an Important Bird Area. The announcement came Monday from the Arkansas Audubon Society. The national park is home — for at least part of […]
It can’t happen here? By Mike Masterson Posted: August 13, 2016 at 3:22 a.m. The nightmare scenario many fear when it comes to hog waste polluting our Buffalo River watershed (the country’s first national river) has been playing out in Illinois, where the Chicago Tribune reports swine factory waste polluted 67 miles of […]
Mitchell-Williams Law C & H Hog Farms, Inc.: National Park Service Request for Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission Review of Permit Modification By: Walter Wright Download PDF The United States Department of Interior National Park Service (“Park Service”) filed a July 29th appeal before the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology […]
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Arkansasonline Hog farm’s foes want their expert at drilling By Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is reviewing a request by opponents of C&H Hog Farms in Newton County to reconsider who is allowed to observe a drilling project at the facility to determine whether hog manure ponds are […]
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