NWAonline Opinion REX NELSON: Creating a natural state by Rex Nelson In a place that likes to refer to itself as the Natural State, I can think of no more important project right now than the quail restoration efforts that I outline in a story on the cover of today’s Perspective […]
NWAonline NWA EDITORIAL: The money flows Governor, nonprofits collaborate on Buffalo’s future by NWA Democrat-Gazette The astonishing thing, perhaps is that it took until 2019 for an Arkansas governor get around to creating a panel specifically interested in not just protecting the Buffalo National River, but actually devoting money to […]
NWAOnline Buffalo River project panel formsGovernor-made group to choose conservation endeavors by Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, using executive powers, created a new state committee Monday that is to select conservation projects within the watershed of the Buffalo National River. Private funds and a planned contribution from Hutchinson’s discretionary funds […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2019 Governor Hutchinson Announces Buffalo River Conservation Committee$2 million in state and private funds going to conservation ngrant programs LITTLE ROCK –– Governor Asa Hutchinson signed Executive Order 19-14 today establishing the Buffalo River Conservation Committee (BRCC) and announced that $2 million in state and private funds will be allocated for […]
Columbia Missourian Large storms pose greatest risk of CAFO runoff, experts say BY XANDER NEGOZIO Storms caused the greatest increase in pollutants from an industrial hog farm in northern Arkansas, a water expert said Tuesday during a talk at MU. Andrew Sharpley, a distinguished professor of soils and water quality […]
Nation of Change Activists follow the money fueling Amazon fires Protesters around the world are singling out the bad actors profiting off deforestation. By Negin Owliaei and Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson – September 11, 2019 While the world watches in horror as fires rage on in the Amazon, activists are shining a […]