How committed to Buffalo River is the governor? Gov. Hutchinson’s guest column in the Democrat-Gazette on April 14, declares his allegiance to the protection of the Buffalo River. There are some major holes in this commitment. The establishment of the Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee and the Buffalo River Water […]
Our governor admits that his passion for the Buffalo River colors his response to the available science. First he says, “Science, not emotion, must drive our approach to protecting the Buffalo National River.” A bit later he says, “My love for our state and my passion to protect our water […]
I thank the governor for his piece in this paper on Friday. I wondered where he stood on the commercial hog operation in the Buffalo River watershed. Now I know, and I’m deeply disappointed. I share his views on private land use but wonder what in his opinion are the […]
Governor’s response The unimpressed By Mike Masterson Posted: April 18, 2017 at 2:27 a.m. NWAOnline I was surprised to see Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s response on the Voices page last week to my open letter in a column that ran last April (republished two weeks ago). I’d appealed to his role as […]