Just to delay process It seems the hog factory farm’s appeal of the denial of a permit that would allow C&H to spread 2.5 millions of gallons of untreated hog waste in the Buffalo River watershed is simply a maneuver to delay the entire process until the Arkansas Legislature convenes […]

Arkansas Times Gordon Watkins helms an effort to ‘Save the Buffalo River — Again’  Working to protect ‘a thin blue ribbon.’ By Stephanie Smittle Forty minutes and six seconds into my phone conversation with Gordon Watkins, president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, his abiding reticence finally gave way. The low, […]

Arkansasonline Lawsuit targets USDA’s waiver; it claims ‘factory farms’ given passby Nathan Owens | December 13, 2018  A group from Harrison is among the activists suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over a 2016 exemption rule that allows “medium-sized” feedlots and poultry farms, which can hold tens of thousands of animals, to […]