Defend Buffalo River I am grateful for the articles, editorials, and letters this newspaper has published recently on the need for action to defend and preserve our precious Buffalo River. The Department of Environmental Quality says there will be a period for public comment, but has not yet announced the […]

MASTERSON ONLINE: Flowing toward ruin By Mike Masterson Posted: September 8, 2018 at 2:35 a.m. I get it that some readers out there hope the blue-sky day will dawn when I’ll not write another word about the ongoing disgraceful contamination of our majestic Buffalo National River. But it has long been […]

Address the hog farm Arkansas has been reading about this CAFO in the Buffalo watershed for going on five years, with many thanks to a columnist in this paper, Mike Masterson. But … it’s still there. Why? I think three truths about human nature are at fault. First, ignorance. Most […]

Preserve our treasure The Buffalo River is a true treasure and gem that must be preserved. I grew up in Dust Bowl Oklahoma where there were few streams, and no lakes or rivers. The few streams were weak, muddy, and flowed only occasionally. The only bodies of water were stock […]

Uphold permit denial A huge, toxic algae bloom has now polluted 17 to 30 miles of Big Creek, the Buffalo River, and even the White River, and become a health hazard. Recently I attended a meeting of the Pollution Control and Ecology Commission to decry our so-called environmental quality department’s […]