Duo’s ‘Still a River” CD all about Buffalo By Flip Putthoff Posted: October 25, 2016 at 1 a.m. NWAOnline Most paddlers who’ve gazed at the majesty of the Buffalo National River are thankful that it’s still a river, free of the dams that were planned years ago. So what better title […]
New York Times North Carolina’s Noxious Pig Farms By THE EDITORIAL BOARD OCT. 25, 2016 The landscape of eastern North Carolina is dotted with giant pools of bright pink sludge. These are waste lagoons, where industrial farms across the state dispose of billions of gallons of untreated pig urine and feces every year. The […]
Politico Feds hit brakes on loans to big farms By CATHERINE BOUDREAU nn 10/24/2016 The Obama administration is slow-walking the credit it gives to large dairy and livestock farms out of fear that it could get slapped with another big environmental lawsuit, POLITICO has learned. Big farms in the South, Midwest […]
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-agriculture/2016/10/cafo-limbo-over-loan-approval-slowdown-216968 Slow loans over green woes put CAFOs in limbo By Catherine Boudreau 10/20/2016 05:00 AM EDT The Obama administration is slow-walking the credit it gives to large dairy and livestock farms out of fear that it could get slapped with another big environmental lawsuit, POLITICO has learned. Big farms […]
Mother Jones Magazine You Don’t Want to Know Where This Pig Poop Is Washing Up The floods from Hurricane Matthew are finally receding, but the battle over manure leaked from hog farms is just getting started. TOM PHILPOTT Use link above to read article with photos
NWAOnline Governor appoints panel to promote river’s health By Brenda Blagg Posted: October 5, 2016 at 1 a.m. If you think of the Buffalo National River, the image of soaring bluffs rising over free-flowing, pristine water immediately comes to mind. That’s been the case for generations in these Ozark Mountains where […]
NWAOnline In 3Q, pigs biggest loser in commodities By Lydia Mulvany and Jen Skerritt Bloomberg New Posted: October 4, 2016 at 2:05 a.m. Ham, bacon, ribs, pork loins — if it has to do with pigs, prices are in the doldrums. Hog futures were the worst investment in commodities recently […]
Another committee Beautiful Buffalo By Mike Masterson It would be wrong not to commend Gov. Asa Hutchinson for his new plan whereby five state agencies comprising the “Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee” will create a watershed management plan to help Arkansas secure funding for conservation projects within the environmentally fragile Buffalo […]
NWAOnline Panel will develop Buffalo River plan Watershed protection funds sought By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: October 1, 2016 at 3:35 a.m.Updated: October 1, 2016 at 3:35 a.m. Five state agencies will participate in the creation of a watershed management plan for the Buffalo National River with a goal of helping the […]