http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/hog-farm-impact-on-buffalo-river-debate Public Meeting Held on Potential Fate of Hog FarmsGrant Sloan nn 06/17/2014 10:36 PM06/17/2014 10:46 PM HARRISON, Ark. — Proposed regulations on hog farms on the Buffalo River Watershed was the topic of heated debate in Harrison, Arkansas Tuesday night. The proposals brought forward by the Ozarks Society and […]
Eureka Springs Independent Summary judgment sought in hog factory lawsuitBecky GilletteWednesday, June 18, 2014 Earthjustice recently filed an 89-page document in support of a summary judgment in the lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for providing $3.4 million […]
Buffalo National River Conservationists Push for Size Limits on Hog FarmsKUAR Public Radio By JACOB KAUFFMAN The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission is considering a proposed permanent ban on future large-scale hog farms in the Buffalo National River watershed. The commission is taking public comments in Harrison Tuesday night over […]
Cargill to end gestation crate use for sows http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story Donnelle Eller, [email protected] 12:21 a.m. CDT June 10, 2014n_ Cargill says all the sow barns the Minneapolis-based company owns will move to group housing by year-end 2015, moving away from gestation crates that animal welfare groups have opposed. The company said contract farms […]
ADEQ: Should Big New Hog Feeders Be Banned Near Buffalo River? Public News Service – AR | June 2014 | June 9, 2014 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comment on a permanent prohibition on new, confined hog-feeding operations around the […]
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A bad dream Back on the Buffalonn By Mike Masterson This article was published June 8, 2014 at 2:01 a.m. The crystalline Ozark mountain stream was exactly as it had been when I splashed in and fished its cool waters as a teenager in the ’60s. Rushing over […]
Watershed moment: Hog farm raises fresh controversy along Buffalo River in Arkansas Accompanying photos (Click “Buffalo River” gallery) By Michael Kelley, Special to The Commercial Appeal Sunday, June 8, 2014 BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER, Ark. A lot of spectacular things can happen on the Buffalo River or one of the […]
Click on the Friday, June 6 Ozarks At Large and fast-forward to about 18:30 for the segment.http://www.kuaf.org/ozarksatlarge
EDITORIAL: Let’s dig up some answers about the Buffalo Posted: Thursday, June 5, 2014 4:35 pm Harrison Daily Times On some rocks along the Buffalo River are the fossilized remains of some supersized snail-like creatures. There are some estimates that the remains are several million years old.nn Even three million years ago, […]
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Conservationists float Buffalo agenda; Highlight hog farm dangers David Holsted/Staff Harrison Daily Times News media float the Buffalo National River near Gilbert on June 3. The float trip was part of a tour hosted by the National Parks Conservation Association in partnership with several local organizations and was meant to show […]
Hog farm protesters make Buffalo River floaters aware of pollution issuesnn Lovely County Citizen Wednesday, June 4, 2014 By Kathryn Lucariello, [email protected] NEWTON COUNTY — Those floating the Buffalo River over Memorial Day weekend got more than time away from work and responsibilities. Many of them also got an education. […]
Law and Odor: How to Take Down a Terrible-Smelling Hog Farm A couple of attorneys have sniffed out Big Pork’s legal weak spot. undefinedBy Bridget Huber Mother Jones May/June 2014 Issue From the stage in a packed, noisy auditorium in Fairfield, Iowa, Richard Middleton peers theatrically into the crowd. “I know we’ve […]
Back on the Buffalo By Mike Masterson Posted: May 25, 2014 at 2:05 a.m.nn It’s been a spell since I addressed the latest developments of that hog factory our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (cough) wrongheadedly permitted to spread untold gallons of raw waste across fields in our precious Buffalo […]
Arkansas residents concerned about waste, E. coli Outside Magazinen May 21, 2014n Arkansas’ Buffalo River was the first named national river in the United States, but its waters might be in danger. Locals and environmental groups were shocked at the end of 2013 when the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality […]
May 24, 2014 JASPER, AR (KNWA) – The Buffalo National River holds a special place in Arkansans’ hearts, and when a factory hog farm was built less than six miles away, concerns of contamination drew a huge outcry. Now, two teams of scientists are working to protect the water quality of […]
http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/2014/04/27/manure-spraying-under-scrutiny/Environment, Health & WelfareManure spraying under scrutiny New method of dispersing waste can damage landscape, disrupt lives By Ron SeelyWisconsin Center for Investigative JournalismScott Murray did not want to leave the home in rural Juneau County where he and his family had lived for more than 20 years. But with […]
E. coli levels high in waters near hog farmBy Ryan McGeeneyPosted: May 7, 2014 at 4:40 a.m. The environmental research team tasked with collecting data near a Newton County hog farm released its second quarterly report late last week, noting several temporary elevations in bacterial levels in nearby waterways. The Big […]
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN PERMITSThe Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission (APC&EC), pursuant to its authority under Arkansas Code Annotated, Sec. 8-4-202, et seq., has imposed a temporary moratorium on the issuance by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality of any new permits or coverage for medium or […]
Factory Farms Under Fire for “Manure Spraying”By Lindsay Abrams, Salon 02 May 14 no here’s what factory farms are up to these days: They’re using commercial sprinklers to spray animal manure over fields. That’s right undefined they are literally spewing a bunch of shit into the air. The Wisconsin Center […]