Buffalo River Conservation Committee is accepting grant applications LITTLE ROCK — The Buffalo River Conservation Committee (BRCC) is accepting applications through December 15, 2020 for assistance with funding projects that will benefit water quality and resource management in the Buffalo River Watershed. Governor Hutchinson established the BRCC through […]
Washington Post letter to the editor by BRWA co-founder Jack Stewart.
nwaonline Opinion FRAN ALEXANDER: Call of the wilderness Management must include protectinos for special forest area by Fran Alexander | September 8, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. Seeing the forest for the trees Arkansas has a crown jewel, a unique place of quality that has no parallel. Oh sure, there are rivers elsewhere […]
NWAonline Revisions to rule on pollution in limbo At issue is U.S.’permit program by Joseph Flaherty The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment has no proposed timeline for revising a regulation needed for the state to maintain control of a Clean Water Act pollution permitting program. When Arkansas lawmakers in June […]
KY3 TV Bass Pro’s Johnny Morris announces purchase of old Dogpatch USA, reveals vision SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) – Noted conservationist and Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris announced the purchase of the former Dogpatch USA theme park property in Newton County, Ark. Morris says in a statement to […]
Arkansasonline Hog farm strategies weighed Agency studying ‘best path’ on ban by Joseph Flaherty | July 15, 2020 at 3:26 a.m. State environmental regulators are still weighing how to proceed with a proposed permanent ban on medium and large hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed, one month after the proposal was […]
Arkansasonline OPINION: Guest writer Stand for the river Factory farms and the Buffalo by ROBERT MOORE SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Arkansas finds itself faced with a neat conundrum: Whether to take up arms (figuratively) against a ruthless and ruinous tyranny, or to do nothing and allow one of our most precious […]
Arkansasonline OPINION RICHARD MASON: The Legislature strikes again I’m nervous when the Legislature is in session. I thought this year would be different, but when I opened my iPad to the paper and read the story that a Ledge committee is reopening the door to polluting the Buffalo National River, […]
Arkansasonline MASTERSON ONLINE: Acting against our river by Mike Masterson On Wednesday a body of elected lawmakers in the Legislative Council’s Administrative Rules Subcommittee voted against approving the procedures necessary to make permanent the governor’s proposed moratorium on medium- and large-scale factories in our Buffalo National River watershed.n That was preceded […]
Arkansasonline Proposal to ban hog farms near Buffalo River tossed out Vote affirms panel rejection by Michael R. Wickline The Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday ditched proposed state rules that would permanently ban medium and large-scale hog farms from the Buffalo River watershed. In a voice vote with no discussion and […]
Arkansasonline Panel rejects banning hog farms on BuffaloLawmakers cite fears of future effects by Joseph Flaherty A panel of Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday rejected proposed rules that would permanently ban medium- and large-scale hog farms from the Buffalo River watershed, dealing a setback to conservationists who have pushed for the measure. […]
Arkansasonline Panels skip review of hog farms ban by Joseph Flaherty | June 14, 2020 at 1:00 a.m. A joint gathering of the state’s House and Senate Interim Public Health, Welfare and Labor committees passed on reviewing a ban on medium- and large-scale hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed during a […]
Arkansasonline Hog-farm ban moves into lap of legislators by Joseph Flaherty | Efforts to make permanent a moratorium on medium- and large-scale hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed advanced Thursday with the approval of the state’s environmental regulatory commission, but the measure still must clear the Arkansas General Assembly. The next […]
NWAonline State groups weigh effects of water ruleU.S. agencies to roll back wetland, stream regulations by Joseph Flaherty | Conservationists in Arkansas are looking at the Trump administration’s new definition of federally protected waterways to predict how the regulatory rollback will affect the state’s wetlands and groundwater. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
Arkansasonline Buffalo National River in Arkansas to reopen May 15 by Bill Bowden | May 5, 2020 Visitors will soon be floating the Buffalo National River and hiking trails in the park. Beginning May 15, the national park will resume day-use-only access to the river and all trails within the park, except […]
Arkansasonline Buffalo River panel told of $5M in federal funding to aid water quality by Joseph Flaherty | April 30, 2020 at 3:25 a.m. “Just because of the coronavirus and its impact across the board on putting a lot of things on hold, we just wanted to reassure everybody that we would […]
The Hill Supreme Court hands environmentalists a win in water pollution CASE BY JOHN KRUZEL – 04/23/20 The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with environmentalists by giving a broad reading to the types of water-borne pollution covered by the Clean Water Act. In a 6-3 decision, the justices held that a permit is required […]
KY3 TV Buffalo National River remains closed, but some not following rules By Caitlin Sinett | Posted: Tue 3:05 PM, Apr 14, 2020 | Updated: Tue 4:48 PM, Apr 14, 2020 BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER, Ark. — With its 95,000 acres of land, 100 miles of trails, and a 135-mile river, the Buffalo National River seems […]
4029TV.com Buffalo National River closing to visitors because of COVID-19 concerns A day after Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson called for its closure, the Buffalo National River superintendent announced the river would close to the public. “It breaks my heart to have to close this incredible public park.” Mark Foust, Buffalo […]
Arkansasonline Gov asks for U.S. to close Buffalo National River after visitors raise outbreak fears by Bill Bowden, Andy Davis Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that he had asked the federal government to close the Buffalo National River out of a concern that visitors from outside the state are spreading the coronavirus. […]