Arkansas Democrat Gazette Panel affirms judge’s ruling on hog-manure permit fixBy Emily Walkenhorst The owner of EC Farms in Newton County will need to pay a permit fee and get a new permit number for spreading hog manure on his hundreds of acres, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission […]
Fran Alexander: Rockin’ for a river Musicians set to raise money for river movement By Fran Alexander Posted: January 24, 2017 at 1 a.m. One of the more innocent notions we humans want to believe is that there is fairness within our government’s policies. People usually don’t find out otherwise until […]
Politico.com CAFO limbo over loan approval slowdown By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH nn 10/20/16 10:00 AM EDT With help from Catherine Boudreau, Ian Kullgren, Jenny Hopkinson and Adam Behsudi CAFO LIMBO OVER LOAN APPROVAL SLOWDOWN: The Obama administration is slow-walking the approval process for the credit it gives to large dairy and livestock […]
Algae agreement By Mike Masterson Posted: January 21, 2017 at 2:58 a.m. A milestone event occurred last month, one could say right beneath our noses. That’s when, after three years of studies and debate between Oklahoma and Arkansas, a six-member committee representing both states agreed on the amount of phosphorus allowed […]
Arkansasonline Drilling samples at hog farm at Big Creek show no E. coli Emily Walkenhorst 1/21/17 A study conducted at C&H Hog Farms found no evidence of a hog manure leak at the farm 6 miles from the Buffalo River, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality concluded this week. State-hired […]
Erosion, feral hogs pose concern on river Governor’s panel goal: Tend Buffalo By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: January 19, 2017 at 3:23 a.m. NWAOnline Erosion along the banks of the Buffalo National River and problems associated with feral hogs were among the primary concerns voiced this week during the first meeting of […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Panel urges Buffalo’s protection Committee sets schedule, OKs charter at first meeting By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: January 18, 2017 at 1:03 a.m.n n The governor-commissioned Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee met for the first time Tuesday afternoon, voicing its primary interests and concerns for protecting the Buffalo River.n […]
ArkansasOnline Hog-manure permit ruled flawed, fixableJudge: Administrative change will doBy Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality erred in not requiring EC Farms to apply for a separate permit to apply up to 6.7 million gallons of hog manure to land located in the Buffalo National River watershed, an […]