Arkansas Online Agency to cease issuing permit like hog farm’s Dearth of applications cited By Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will discontinue the type of general permit that allowed a large hog farm to open in the Buffalo River watershed, the department announced Thursday. After receiving only one […]
Commentary: Love for a river Natural State falls short in protecting Buffalo River By Fran Alexander Posted: April 26, 2016 at 1 a.m. When diverse backgrounds meet over a shared issue, especially in a microcosm the size of our state, gatherings can run hot and cold, but are important for figuring […]
Haven’t given up fight Mike Masterson wrote an open letter to Gov. Asa Hutchinson in regard to the risks posed by this farm to our state’s one and only national river. Many of us have been working to understand and cooperate with Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality over these past […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Caven Clark, Public Information Officer, 870-365-2790 Tourism to Buffalo National River creates $62,243,200 in Economic Benefits Report shows visitor spending supports 969 jobs in local economy Harrison, Arkansas – A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,463,304 visitors to Buffalo National River in […]
Eureka Springs Independent Letter to editor Buffalo River update April 20, 2016 Intrigue surrounding the 6,500 hog factory farm permitted by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) in the Buffalo River Watershed continues. The plot thickens as Mr. Ellis Campbell (EC FARM) has requested a permit to receive up […]
Eureka Springs Independent Guestatorial – The Gatekeeper April 20, 2016 “In a democracy, people get the leaders they deserve.” – Abraham Lincoln Dr. Luis Contreras – On April 12, 2016, life in Crossett, Ark., made the news. Georgia-Pacific had great things to say about their bond with the community: “Our […]
The Buffalo’s defenders Letter to governor By Mike Masterson Responses to my recent open letter to GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson asking him to become involved in stopping the potential contamination of the country’s first national river continue pouring in from across Arkansas. It’s been a week since I respectfully asked the […]
State’s waterways list still all wet with EPA Agencies at odds over methodology By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: April 17, 2016 at 3:26 a.m. The final list of state impaired and polluted water bodies that Arkansas has submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reflects a continuation of the disagreement between the […]
A new entry in the fight to control hog farm pollution Posted By Max Brantley on Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:13 PM Richard H. Mays, a Heber Springs lawyer long active in environmental issues, tells me he’s president of a new group, the Arkansas Environmental Defense Alliance, aimed at preserving and defending natural resources. Action today: […]
Arkansasonline Park Service opposes permit shift Public input on big feeding farms would be less, hearing told By Bill Bowden JASPER — The National Park Service opposes Arkansas’ draft plan to continue issuing “general permits” for concentrated animal feeding operations. Chuck Bitting, the service’s manager of the natural resource program for […]
Fayetteville Free Weekly Buffalo River Study Findings To Be Shared By Nick Brothers | April 13, 2016 Staff Photo Nick Brothers Van Brahana, UA Hydrogeologist, holds up a sample of underground rock from the Boone formation in north central Arkansas. The holy nature of a karst environment will cause rapid flow […]
Newsweek HOW A PAPER PLANT IN ARKANSAS IS ALLEGEDLY POISONING THE PEOPLE OF CROSSETT BY EMILY CRANE LINN ON 4/12/16 AT 1:32 PM “Let me give you a sketch of the neighborhood,” Leroy Patton said as he put his car in Park on the side of Lawson Road. He took his […]
KUAF Radio, Ozarks At Large Interview with Dr. Van Brahana By Jacqueline Froelich Scientists studying the environment around a new controversial swine breeding industrial farm on the Buffalo National River Watershed presented their latest findings to the Arkansas Academy of Science April 2nd. We talk with independent hydrogeologist Dr. Van […]
Open letter to the governor That hog factory By Mike Masterson Posted: April 12, 2016 at 2:31 a.m. Dear Governor Hutchinson: Having known you and our gracious state’s first lady Susan for years, you realize I wouldn’t write this unless my heartfelt convictions were firmly behind these words. I know you, […]
How new tests prove hog, poultry pollution of NC waters See link at bottom of article to USGS report.
Hog Industry’s Assertion that Black River is Clean Doesn’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
Democrat Gazette Letter to Editor The next battleground Is clean water our next battleground? Without oil, we may have to walk, but without water, no one and nothing can survive. These days the news is full of water woes. Flint, Mich., may be just the tip of the iceberg when […]
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/apr/04/letters-to-the-editor-20160404/?opinion Letters to the Editor Posted: April 4, 2016 at 5:40 p.m. State response on Buffalo River inadequate I attended a special meeting of the Arkansas Joint House and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development on March 29 in Little Rock. Despite the statement at that meeting by […]
Rhetoric over science?By Mike Masterson Imagine my relief to hear Becky Keogh, director of the state agency that wrongheadedly permitted that controversial hog factory in our treasured Buffalo National River watershed, assure legislators her staff is hard at work protecting the “healthy” river and its tributaries.Anyone buying that in light […]
Arkansasonline Buffalo River protected, state agency says No need to list feeders as polluted, lawmakers told; park official disagrees By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: March 30, 2016 at 3:10 a.m. The Buffalo National River is in good health, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality officials told the Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development Joint […]