NWAONLINE Arkansas panel backs effort on hog-farm ban; Buffalo watershed is focus of proposed rule by Emily Walkenhorst Environmental regulators are moving forward with a plan that would prevent a farm like C&H Hog Farms from building again in the Buffalo National River’s watershed. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Process to ban medium, large hog farms in state’s Buffalo watershed moves forward by Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission has started a rule-making process that would make permanent the ban against medium or large hog farms in the Buffalo National River’s watershed. The proposed […]
Eureka Springs Independent Hog factory settlement ‘was the best that could be hoped for’ By Becky Gillette – July 24, 2019 101 Not everyone was entirely pleased with the recent $6.2 million settlement to buy a conservation easement at C&H Farms where a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) near Mount […]
Democrat Gazette Foreigners get large slice of pork aid by Nathan Owens | July 12, 2019 at 1:48 a.m. Some of the world’s largest meat processors have won bids, worth tens of millions of dollars, from a federal program set up last year to help pork farmers stung by the ongoing trade […]
American Rivers LOCAL ACTIVISTS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE After six years, countless rallies, fundraisers, letter-writing campaigns, lawsuits and legal actions, visits to the capitol, miles of travel to hearings at agencies and the legislature, we finally got the news that the 6500-head hog confined feeding operation (CAFO) impacting the Buffalo […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Lien check on track, Arkansas governor tells panel; search a condition of hog-farm buyout by John Moritz Gov. Asa Hutchinson assured legislative leaders in a letter this week that his office is checking for any liens on the Newton County hog farm where the state plans to spend […]
Buffalo River debacle All Arkansans owe columnist Mike Masterson a huge “thank you” for having kept up with and written about the various thrusts and parries resulting from the assault on the Buffalo River. Without his estimated 100 factual columns over the last six years, most of us would not […]
OPINION LIN WELLFORD and TERESA TURK: Our river saved We can’t let this happen again by Lin Wellford and Teresa Turk Special to the Democrat-Gazette | Today at 1:47 a.m. Thank you, Governor Hutchinson, for stepping up for your state and our national river. It took real courage and commitment […]
Bill ending local CAFO control is a threat to waters This is a message to raise awareness, a “wake-up call” of sorts. Those of us listed below have come together as citizens to express our concerns about a little known action taken by the Missouri legislature in the final week […]
National Parks Traveler Arkansas To Buy Out Hog Farm Poised Upstream Of Buffalo National River By Kurt Repanshek on July 2nd, 2019 Streaming out of the Boston Mountains in northwestern Arkansas, the Buffalo River flows in an arc across the roof of the state, heading north before bending southeasterly, gaining speed as […]
Newton County Times Hog farm deal tied By JAMES L. WHITE jamesw@harrisondaily.com Jul 1, 2019 The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission on Friday approved the settlement for the conservation easement on the property that is currently C&H Hog Farm near Mt. Judea. On June 13, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that the […]