Arkansasonline Clean up act by January, hog farm told Manure runoff a concern at Buffalo watershed site By Emily Walkenhorst HARRISON — A 2,400-hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed must clean up the manure on its property within the next 60 days, a Boone County circuit judge has ordered. Sanders […]
Arkansasonline MASTERSON ONLINE: Not hog-wild on the river By Mike Masterson Posted: November 11, 2017 at 1:56 a.m. Owners of C&H Hog Farms with the Brazilian meat processor JBS are hoping our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) will approve their request for yet another factory permit. Their proposed meat-growing plant […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 6, 2017 Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Launches Website NORTH LITTLE ROCK —The Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (BBRAC) announces the launch of its website on Monday, November 6, 2017. BBRAC created an independent website to share relevant information regarding the preservation of the Buffalo River as […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Bottomland site’s neighbors leery of C&H; owners’ proposal By Emily Walkenhorst JOHNSON COUNTY — The owners of C&H Hog Farms and the international corporation that supplies the operation’s swine are planning to apply for a permit to operate another farm, this one in a flood-prone area just south […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Board is filled in on waste districts No way to avoid failure, state says By Emily Walkenhorst Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality officials are not aware of a way they could have prevented the financial collapse of a regional solid waste district or could prevent another one in […]
Arkansas Times https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2017/10/30/environmental-regulation-in-arkansas-toxic-divide Environmental regulation in Arkansas: toxic divide Posted By Max Brantley on Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:57 AM BECKY KEOGH: Department of Environmental Quality director refuses to attend Pollution Control and Ecology Commission meeting. Belatedly, a note on a Sunday article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on the state’s $13 million bailout of a solid waste management district […]
nwaonline Buffalo River: Our national treasure By RICHARD MASON Special to the Democrat-Gazette Posted: October 29, 2017 at 2 a.m. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know Our National Treasure refers to the Buffalo River, our country’s first national river. The Buffalo is an old friend of […]
Months of delay Hog factory permit By Mike Masterson Posted: October 29, 2017 at 1:50 a.m. NWAOnline Call me cynical, skeptical, realistic or an unapologetic voice for the welfare and preservation of the only Buffalo National River we have. Whatever else I might be, I’m not the least surprised our state’s […]
Listen at KUAF Radio – Ozarks At Large Second Arkansas Industrial Hog Breeding CAFO Proposed in Johnson County Raises Stink By JACQUELINE FROELICH • OCT 27, 2017
News Releases from Headquarters EPA Releases Guidance on Reporting Air Emissions of Hazardous Substances from Animal Waste at Farms 10/26/2017 Contact Information: ([email protected]) (WASHINGTON) — Today, EPA is releasing guidance to assist farmers in reporting air releases of hazardous substances from animal waste at farms. EPA is making this information […]
See 417 Magazine for full story with photos and sidebar Beneath the Surface: Controversy on the Buffalo National River Since C&H Hog Farms opened its 2,500-sow operation in the Buffalo National River watershed in 2013, concerns involving the river’s safety and quality have been on the rise. We headed south to investigate the […]
arkansasonline Hearings wrap up on Buffalo River watershed plan By Emily Walkenhorst JASPER — Arkansas officials and a contractor held their final meeting last week asking stakeholders for input on how they should write a plan to conserve the area surrounding the state’s most visited river. The contractor, Little Rock-based FTN […]
No hogs in watershed Governor Hutchinson, do the right thing. Put a stop to commercial hog farming in the Buffalo River watershed before it’s too late. This can be your legacy. The governor who saved the Buffalo again, or the governor who turned a blind eye and allowed the pollution of […]
MASTERSON ONLINE: Overlooking the obvious By Mike Masterson Posted: October 14, 2017 at 2:17 a.m. NWAOnline Pretend your job as a volunteer watchdog (assigned by the governor) is to identify vehicles that continuously spew clouds of dangerous exhaust along the interstate. The state is particularly aware of one poison-emitting truck that […]
Failing the state This is environmental quality? By GLEN HOOKS SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Posted: October 13, 2017 at 2:38 a.m. NWAOnline Night is day. Up is down. War is peace. And the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is using our tax dollars to fight against cleaner air for our […]
Harrison farm puts free-range pork on menus, local tables By Nathan Owens Posted: October 1, 2017 at 2:07 a.m. NWA Democrat-Gazette HARRISON — The meatballs at Bentonville’s Oven & Tap restaurant, the pork chops at The Hive at the 21c Museum Hotel and the thinly sliced deli ham at Onyx Coffee […]
Save the Buffalo River For the future and heritage of Arkansas, save the Buffalo River. Let the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality hear your voice. What is environmental quality? River gone green? No fish? No children laughing in the swimming holes? Who wants that? Listen to wisdom, listen to the […]
Future of the Buffalo My wife and I have a place at Centerville south of Dardanelle. The Petit Jean River is less than a couple of miles away, and it runs dirty. I have asked some of the people that were raised in the area of Petit Jean River, and […]
Hog farm permit decision put off; more data sought By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: September 23, 2017 at 2:59 a.m. NWAOnline The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality sent a letter this week to the owners of C&H Hog Farms asking for more documentation of their facility and plans as the department continues […]
Greenwire Audit slams flagging EPA bid to curb farm emissions Sean Reilly, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 More than a decade after agreeing to keep tabs on emissions from large-scale animal feedlots, U.S. EPA isn’t close to getting the job done, the agency’s inspector general said in […]