News Tribune Green again blocks hog farm vote March 29th, 2017by Bob Watson Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green has again blocked the Clean Water Commission’s plans to vote on a proposed hog farm in Callaway County. Eichelberger Farms Inc., based in Wayland, Iowa, wants to operate the Callaway Farrowing […]
The state of Arkansas is accepting through April 6 public comments regarding a new permit for an industrial hog farm located upstream of Buffalo National River. The C&H Hog Farms, Inc., operation at Mount Judea is located along Big Creek about six miles upstream of the national river. Under a contract with […]
MIKE MASTERSON: ‘Clearly malfeasant’ Geologist speaks By Mike Masterson Posted: March 28, 2017 at 4:30 a.m. NWAOnline A former 30-year veteran of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) has written an explosive letter claiming malfeasance and flawed findings, saying that agency inexplicably failed to consult its own geologists before issuing […]
Arkansasonline More JBS charges By Mike Masterson Posted: March 25, 2017 at 2:31 a.m. The Brazil-based meatpacker that provides and purchases the more than 6,000 swine raised by C&H Hog Farms in the Buffalo National River watershed is in trouble after police say it was caught giving payoffs to inspectors and […]
Arkansasonline Environmental notebook by Emily Walkenhorst Comment extended on large hog farm The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has extended the public comment period on the draft operating permit for C&H Hog Farms for 20 days. The department will now accept comments through 4:30 p.m. April 6, according to a […]
Letter to the Editor in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Close down hog farm The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (buffaloriveralliance.org) lists six reasons why the C&H Hog Farms permit was improperly approved by the Department of Environmental Quality and should be denied. Additionally, I am concerned about community. It is well-documented that exposure […]
Arkansasonline Missing deadline? Report on Buffalo By Mike Masterson The Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) has set what strikes me as an arbitrary, even premature, deadline of March 17 to end public comment about granting a new and revised operating permit for C&H Hog Farms, operating in our fragile Buffalo National […]
Help our Buffalo Mike Masterson – March 7th 2017 NWAOnline Arkansans seeking a way to support the struggle to keep our beloved Buffalo National River from the significant threat of contamination have two choices this month to join the growing crusade and enjoy some great entertainment. A musical benefit and […]
Meeting on hog farm permit draws 250 0 By Bill Bowden Arkansas Online JASPER — A crowd of about 250 people packed the Jasper High School auditorium Tuesday night for a public meeting about whether the state of Arkansas should issue a new permit to a large, controversial hog farm near […]
Fran Alexander: Defy, deny, delay Is this the Department of Environmental Quality’s motto? NWAOnline When the going gets tough, the tough get going, and no volunteer band of citizens fighting for a clean environment has worked harder, longer or more incisively than those trying to save the country’s first national […]
Permit hearing set for C&H Hog Farms By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: March 5, 2017 at 1:02 a.m. NWAOnline The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on C&H Hog Farms’ application for a permit to continue its Mount Judea operations. The public hearing is at 6 […]
Joplin Globe Fight for first national river goes on By Andy Ostmeyer [email protected] Mar 5, 2017 BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER — On May 24, 1962, conservationists meeting on the campus of the University of Arkansas chose a doctor named Neil Compton as president of their fledgling organization. The group […]
Voice for our river By Mike Masterson Posted: March 4, 2017 at 2:35 a.m. NWAOnline Our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (cough) will pretend like it’s listening next Tuesday as we the people they supposedly serve cuss and discuss issuing a “no discharge” state permit for the controversial C&H Hog Farms. […]
New “Beautiful Buffalo River” Action Committee Channels Clean River Agenda By JACQUELINE FROELICH • MAR 1, 2017 KUAF Radio – Listen to the broadcast here
Sierra Club Magazine BUFFALO RIVER HOG CAFO THREATENS AMERICA’S FIRST NATIONAL RIVER C&H Hog Farms produces millions of gallons of animal waste deep in the “Jewel of Arkansas” BY JONATHAN HAHN | FEB 24 2017 Arkansas is often referred to as flyover country, seen only in passing from behind the double pane glass […]
Arkansasonline Hog farm gets tentative OK of new permit Opponent has ‘lots to say’ as comment period begins By Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality issued tentative approval this week for C&H Hog Farms’ application for a new permit for its operations near Mount Judea. C&H applied April 7 […]
Back on the Buffalo By Mike Masterson Posted: February 11, 2017 at 1:57 a.m. NWAOnline The single bore hole drilled by our state’s Department of Environmental Quality apparently found no leakage beneath the waste lagoons at C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea. Anyone surprised? The hole was drilled through mostly solid […]
facingsouth.org A Step Towards Environmental Justice In North Carolina’s Hog Country By Sue Sturgis February 3, 2017 After years of seeking help from state officials, people living near industrial hog farms across Eastern North Carolina had their fears about health-damaging pollution and industry harassment recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. […]
BRWA congratulates Ken Smith for recognition of his work to promote and protect the Buffalo! arkansas.com Haralson, Smith to be inducted into Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame 1/26/2017 Join your tourism industry colleagues as we honor this year’s inductees into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame. Chuck Haralson, former chief […]
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 […]