Arkansas Times Gordon Watkins helms an effort to ‘Save the Buffalo River — Again’ Working to protect ‘a thin blue ribbon.’ By Stephanie Smittle Forty minutes and six seconds into my phone conversation with Gordon Watkins, president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, his abiding reticence finally gave way. The low, […]
Arkansasonline Lawsuit targets USDA’s waiver; it claims ‘factory farms’ given passby Nathan Owens | December 13, 2018 A group from Harrison is among the activists suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over a 2016 exemption rule that allows “medium-sized” feedlots and poultry farms, which can hold tens of thousands of animals, to […]
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 December 2018 Contacts: Jessie J. Green, 870.577.5071, [email protected] HARRISON – White River Waterkeeper (WRW) joined a coalition of eight groups representing family farmers, sustainable agriculture advocates and concerned citizens throughout the country in filing suit against the United States Department of Agriculture last week. The suit aims to […]
Harrison Daily Times Hog farm lawsuit ruling coming soon By JAMES L. WHITE [email protected] Dec 7, 2018 MOUNTAIN HOME — With the potential forced closing of C&H Hog Farm near Mt. Judea, Newton County Circuit Judge John Putman told parties in a lawsuit Tuesday that he would rule as soon […]
Harrison Daily Times Hog farm’s appeal rooted; motion to dismiss denied Staff Report [email protected] Dec 7, 2018 JASPER — Newton County Circuit Judge John Putman on Friday denied the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission’s (PCE) motion to dismiss C&H Hog Farm’s appeal of denial of its permit to operate […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette [Excerpt] FRENCH HILL: Gauntlet thrown Committed to aiding environment by French Hill Special to the Democrat-Gazette We agree on the fact that America’s first national river, the Buffalo National River, is the ultimate icon of the Natural State. Protecting this watershed is vital for the ability of […]
Buffalo versus hogs Not a sporting event–in fact, there’s nothing sporting about it. As Richard Mason points out in his Nov. 25 Perspective column, economic interests nationally continue to prevail over environmental protection. Close to home, some progress has been made in the fight to stop factory pig farming within […]
Defending the Buffalo A long section of the Buffalo River got so foul this summer the park officials had to tell people not to swim in it. The river heads up in a wilderness area and flows into the park clear and clean, but midway through the park, it becomes […]
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/nov/30/nwa-editorial-protection-first-20181130/ NWA EDITORIAL: Protection firstBuffalo River findings reflect need for urgency by NWA Democrat-Gazette From the moment Arkansas’ Department of Environmental Quality granted in 2012 a permit for the operation of a large-scale hog farm near a tributary of the first national river in the nation, the National Park Service […]
KUAF Public Radio Despite State-Ordered Closure, Farm Advocates Hopeful for Hog Farm’s Future By JACQUELINE FROELICH Listen to the full report here In mid November, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality ordered C&H Hog Farms to cease operations, citing potential pollution of the Buffalo River watershed. The farm has been opposed […]
MIKE MASTERSON: Tainted water Groundwater contamination is on the rise in our Buffalo National River’s watershed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and other sources. Yet none of the agencies involved in this finding (USGS, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality [cough] and the National Park Service) is able to […]
http://www.ktlo.com/2018/11/27/hearing-in-hog-farm-case-set-in-baxter-county-circuit-court/ Hearing in hog farm case set in Baxter County Circuit Court C&H Hog Farms has responded to the state’s official denial of a new permit by asking the Newton County Circuit Court to hold the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality in contempt of court. The Arkansas Times reports a […]
Arkansas Times More legal wrangling as C&H tries to hold on to hog feeding operation in wake of permit denial Posted By David Ramsey on Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:20 AM C&H Hog Farms has responded to the state’s official denial of a new permit by asking the Newton County Circuit Court to hold the Arkansas […]
Probe: Area of Buffalo River taintedIn groundwater, pollution on rise by Emily Walkenhorst | Today at 3:21 a.m. Federal research in the Buffalo River’s watershed shows increased pollution in the groundwater, according to a U.S. Geological Survey presentation prepared this month. Researchers have not been able to tie the presence of algae […]
Arkansasonline No to new permit, state tells hog farm in Buffalo River watershed by Emily Walkenhorst November 21, 2018 The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has denied a new operating permit for C&H Hog Farms in the Buffalo National River watershed, which means the farm must close because its permit […]
Arkansas Times National Parks Conservation Association applauds ADEQ’s denial of hog farm permit Posted By David Ramsey on Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 7:01 PM The National Parks Conservation Association today issued a statement applauding the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality‘s denial yesterday of a permit to C&H Hog Farm, the 3,000-swine feeding operation near the Buffalo River watershed. […]
Arkansas Times ADEQ issues notice of final permit denial to C&H Hog Farm; appeal looms Posted By David Ramsey on Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 10:31 AM PERMIT DENIED: Hog feeding operation near Buffalo River will likely appeal. The latest in the fight over the 3,000-hog feeding operation near the Buffalo River […]
Agency denies new operating permit for Arkansas hog farm by Emily Walkenhorst | Today at 12:00 p.m. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has denied C&H Hog Farms a new operating permit. The department issued its final ruling following a public comment period, citing water quality issues and insufficient geological investigations of […]
Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding the operation of a hog farm near the Buffalo National River. It is good to hear from you. I strongly support the Buffalo National River and I enjoy visiting and floating the river with my family and friends. I support providing the […]
Eureka Springs Independent Why the Buffalo River is having an allergic reaction November 14, 2018 Recently I attended yet another public hearing in the cafetorium of the Jasper High School in Newton County. This time it appears, at least for now, that the tide is turning. ADEQ denied C&H Hog […]