Suggestions for Asa Governor Hutchinson: If you intend to allow C&H to remain near the Buffalo National River, I have a few suggestions that might save the state some money. First off, let’s fire the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality staff geologists. They apparently weren’t needed when the agency processed […]
Rally at Capitol promotes science Trump policies rile many attendees By Scott Carroll This article was published today at 2:53 a.m. NWAOnline Johnny Sain spent his childhood listening to the song of the whippoorwill, learning the difference between harmless and venomous snakes and examining “critters” that his grandfather caught for him […]
On ‘sound science’ Consider data sources on Buffalo By Gordon Watkins Special to the Democrat-Gazette Posted: April 22, 2017 at 2:18 a.m NWAOnline Governor Hutchinson: We appreciated your letter of April 14 regarding the C&H operation. We agree with your sentiments regarding the value of the Buffalo National River as […]
Arkansas Matters Buffalo National River Tourism Boosts Local Economies Posted: Apr 21, 2017 HARRISON, Ark. (News release) – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,785,358 visitors to Buffalo National River in 2016 spent $77,556,600 in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,200 jobs in the local area […]
Watch broadcast here: NWAHomepage.com Buffalo National River Trying To Change Tarnished Reputationnn By: Scott Brewster Northern Arkansas— The Buffalo National River spans 153 miles through the heart of Northern Arkansas. A National Park Service Report shows that visitors to the Buffalo River spent over $77 million last year in communities near […]
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 […]
Arkansasonline OPINION – Guest writer A serious task Committed to protecting Buffalo By ASA HUTCHINSON SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE As governor of Arkansas, I have a responsibility to protect the Buffalo River. As an outdoorsman, I have a personal interest in seeing the Buffalo River healthy and beautiful for my […]
Fayetteville Free Weekly Buffalo River Among Most Endangered Rivers, Report Finds By Nick Brothers | April 13, 2017 A national report ranked the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas among America’s most endangered rivers Tuesday, citing concerns about a nearby large hog operation’s waste polluting the river. In the report by American National […]
Indyweek The Neuse River Is Sick, and Advocates Blame the Pork and Poultry Industries By Ken Fine Travis Graves has hundreds of pictures that he says prove that over the last five years, hundreds of millions of fish have washed ashore along North Carolina’s Neuse River, which runs from northwest Durham […]
Eco Watch Court Orders EPA to Close Loophole, Factory Farms Required to Report Toxic Pollution By Waterkeeper Alliance The DC Circuit Court ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday to close a loophole that has allowed hazardous substances released into the environment by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to […]
KUAF Radio/NPR American Rivers Designates the Buffalo National River Among the Most Endangered By JACQUELINE FROELICH • APR 11, 2017 Listen to the report here The national conservation group, American Rivers based in Washington D.C., has listed the Buffalo National River among the top ten endangered rivers in the United States. We […]
MIKE MASTERSON: Buffalo on list Rivers in danger By Mike Masterson Posted: April 11, 2017 at 4:30 a.m. NWAOnline The nightmare we’ve expected ever since our state wrongheadedly permitted C&H Hog Farms to set up shop in our fragile Buffalo National River watershed is becoming reality, my friends. The nonprofit American […]
Greenwire Court rejects Bush rule exempting CAFOs from reporting Amanda Reilly, E&E News reporter Published: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 A federal court tossed out a 2008 U.S. EPA rule exempting animal feeding operations from reporting pollution discharges. In a win for environmentalists, a federal court today tossed a George […]
Sad news for citizens of North Carolina. From the Rachel Carson Council BREAKING!! Hog Pollution Protection BillHeads to Governor’s Desk Sign here to tellGovernor Roy Cooper (D-NC) to VETO it!! Your efforts helped get bi-partisan opposition to HB 467 that protects the industrial hog industry and limits citizens’ rights to […]
Our Buffalo What permit? By Mike Masterson Posted: April 9, 2017 at 1:48 a.m. Many Arkansans have wondered for years how in the world our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) could have permitted a large hog factory in the sacred Buffalo National River watershed without conducting extensive geologic and engineering […]
Arkansasonline OPINION MIKE MASTERSON: Letter to the governor That hog factory By Mike Masterson The original version of this appeal was published April 12, 2016, almost a year ago. This being the final week kindly afforded we the people by our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) for public comment on […]
Arkansasonline Court date sought in hog-waste case Two of the three women who appealed the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to issue a permit to EC Farms in the Buffalo River watershed have taken their case to circuit court. Carol Bitting and Lynn Wellford filed an appeal in Newton […]