Must protect our river As someone who has witnessed firsthand the precipitous degradation of the Buffalo River, I took heart when the state agency that granted the initial permit finally recognized what the experts had said from the start: The geology of the watershed was far too porous, the transmission […]

Arkansasonline Bill would transfer Arkansas hog farms’ oversight Permit-process shield also proposed by Emily Walkenhorst The responsible party for issuing hog farm permits would change under a bill that cleared an Arkansas Senate committee Thursday. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality would no longer have the authority to issue — or […]