NWAOnline River’s golden anniversary: Year of hikes, floats, programs celebrates 50th anniversary by Flip Putthoff Chinese New Year 2022 is Year of the Tiger. In Arkansas and across America, Year of the Buffalo is appropriate. The wild and free-flowing Buffalo River became Buffalo National River with the stroke of a pen […]
KY3 TV Johnny Morris unveils plans for the former Dogpatch USA theme park By KY3 Staff Published: Oct. 27, 2021 at 6:02 PM UTC MARBLE FALLS, Ark. (KY3) – The Dogpatch USA theme park, which operated from 1968 to 1993, was once an important part of the area’s tourism industry, especially for […]
Food and Water Watch Washington, D.C. – As President Biden continues to promise that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters, 24 advocacy organizations are demanding Biden’s EPA live up to that promise by doing more to protect communities from factory […]
Civileats.com Tourism vs. CAFOs: A New Front in the Fight Against Industrial Animal Ag In rural communities, residents and family farmers are increasingly pitting the need to protect their waterways and natural areas for outdoor recreation against factory farms, which they say pollute the environment and threaten tourism dollars. BY MALLORY DAILY […]
Newton County Times By JEFF DEZORT [email protected] JASPER — Bob Ziehmer, senior director of conservation for Bass Pro Shops, the premiere outdoor and conservation company whose mission is to inspire everyone to enjoy, love and conserve the great outdoors, said he welcomes the opportunity to work with state and local officials […]
Read the article with photos: Southern Living Magazine Adventures in Arkansas: Plan a Trip to the Ozarks This Fall America’s first national river beckons with blazing color and mountain adventures. By Katie Strasberg Rousso September 15, 2021 Bordered by multicolored bluffs and tucked deep in the deciduous forests of Northwest Arkansas, a […]
Arkansasonline OPINION Can’t take clean water for granted by Fran Alexander | August 31, 2021 at 1:00 a.m. Over my many decades as a homeowner and having experienced life in both a big city (Houston) and an Arkansas rural county (Newton), I’ve learned a lot about necessities. In my book, […]
Forest Service Monitoring Efforts Locate Indiana Bat Maternity Colony Release Date: Jul 26, 2021 RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.– July 26, 2021— Ozark-St. Francis National Forest biologists located an Indiana bat maternity colony while conducting monitoring surveys on the Big Piney Ranger District in Newton County, in July. The discovery is the first time […]
Newton County Times Tourism to Buffalo National River creates $66 million in economic benefits National Park Service Buffalo National River A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1.5 million visitors to Buffalo National River in 2020 spent $66.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 960 […]
Arkansasonline Forest Service sets Robert’s Gap plans But some groups still have concerns by Ashton Eley The National Forest Service plans to move forward with a wide variety of proposed activities at Robert’s Gap, though some environmental groups remain concerned about the possibility of negative ecological effects. The Robert’s Gap Project […]
KUAF Radio Natural Resources Conservation Service Proposes Removing Karst Terminology From Handbook By JACQUELINE FROELICH Listen here USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is calling forpublic comment on a proposal to remove the term “karst” from its National Handbook of Conservation Practices, regarding sinkholes. Ozarks environmental consultant Dane Schumacher says karst designations are […]
Columbia Missourian As regulations vanish, one Missouri county is ground zero for factory farming debate Mallory Daily In January 2020, a pork corporation came knocking in Livingston County. United Hog Systems notified nearby landowners that they were filing an application for a 5,700-hog operation. It was the first permit for […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | REX NELSON: Neil Compton’s battle by Rex Nelson In the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was increased interest across Arkansas in preventing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from building a dam on the Buffalo River. On May 24, 1962, the first members of what would become […]
Feral hog eradication resources available to Buffalo River Watershed landowners By Ryan McGeeney U of A System Division of Agriculture Mar 11, 2021 LITTLE ROCK — Landowners in the Buffalo River Watershed are eligible to receive assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture aimed at eradicating feral hog populations […]
Newton County Times Buffalo Theater to become visitor’s center By TERRI SMITH For the Newton County Times The Jasper City Council met Thursday, Feb. 25 at City Hall. Don Nelms, owner of the Buffalo River Theater will donate the building to be turned into a visitor’s center with public restrooms. […]
KUAF Public Radio includes an interview with BRWA Boozman, Advocates Weigh In As Biden Plans to Reinstate Water Protection Rule By JACQUELINE FROELICH • FEB 19, 2021 In the first months of his presidency, Donald Trump issued an executive order rescinding the “Waters of the United States” rule, promulagated by President Barak Obama in […]
Arkansasonline Newton County in the Buffalo River watershed is included in this program Program to help area homeowners repair, replace septic systems by Doug Thompson | February 7, 2021 Owners of homes in Northwest Arkansas that have septic tanks will soon have help repairing and replacing them as part of an effort […]
knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com Over 2 Dozen Groups Call On White House To Order Delay Of Mergers In Food & Ag Industries January 30, 2021 A remarkably diverse group of organizations are urging the Biden administration to issue an executive order that would enact a moratorium on mergers and acquisitions in the food […]
Arkansasonline OPINION | MASTERSON ONLINE: Back on the Buffalo again By Mike Masterson January 16, 2021 Just when you thought the karst-laden Buffalo River watershed had eluded any threat of possible contamination by the removal of a misplaced hog factory, another possible threat to that river (and others) has reared […]
Arkansasonline Buffalo River panel hears ideas for using $167,400Trees, restrooms, feral hogs among pitches by Ashton Eley The Buffalo River Conservation Committee listened to several proposals from organizations that applied for further assistance from the committee’s remaining project funds during its meeting Thursday afternoon. Around $167,400 remain of the $1 million […]