Geoscientist: CAFO a no-no Mike Masterson If you were responsible for permitting an industrial hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed along Big Creek, would you ask an expert to analyze what kind of drainage to expect from tons of swine waste applied atop the porous limestone of what geologists […]
Agency sticks with its OK for hog farm LR lawyer says response to letter not good enough RYAN MCGEENEYARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is standing by its 2012 decision to issue an operational permit to C&H Hog Farms, the large-scale concentrated animal-feeding operation in Mount Judea.In a […]
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State legislators tour hog farm, face critics RYAN MCGEENEYARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE JASPER About two dozen state legislators concluded a two-day tour Wednesday of what have become the two of the most discussed features of Newton County in recent months: the Buffalo National River and C&H Hog Farms.Tuesday, after a presentation on […]
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 21, 2013 Contact: Perry Wheeler, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 202-419-3712 Groups Urge Continued Focus on Faulty Permitting Process for Factory Hog Farm Near Buffalo National River Background: On May 21 and 22, Arkansas state legislators will tour C & H Hog Farms, which […]
ADH says hog waste could threaten health of swimmers in Buffalon http://mikemastersonsmessenger.com/health-department-had-cafo-concerns/
Northwest Arkansas Times Officials Boost E. Coli Testing In River, Creekn Opening Of C&H Hog Farms Elevates Concern For Buffalo By Ryan McGeeney Posted: May 15, 2013 at 3:16 a.m. · · Administrators with the Buffalo National River have increased the frequency of E. coli monitoring at the river’s confluence […]
From Arkansas Times:n Buffalo River Watershed Alliance asks revocation of hog farm permitnn Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 12:33 PMn The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance and others have written to Teresa Marks, director of the state Department of Environmental Quality, asking her to revoke the […]
Guest writer Our heritage, too Hogs pose no danger to Buffalo BY JASON HENSONSPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE No one loves the Buffalo River more than my 7-year-old daughter. She swims, fishes and enjoys that national river. It is one of the great benefits of living and raising a family in […]
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http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/may/10/state-grilled-over-permit-hog-farm-20130510/ State grilled over permit for hog farmCrowd vocal, at times riled about fears for watershedBy Ryan McGeeney JASPER – The director of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality said controversy over the agency’s approval of a permit for C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea is among the most emotional […]
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4/27/13 Travel and Tourism Week May 4-12n NewtonCountyTimes.comn May 4-12 will be observed as Travel and Tourism Week in Jasper and Newton County by order of a proclamation signed by Jasper Mayor Shane Kilgore and Newton County Judge Warren Campbell. The proclamations were presented to the elected officials for signatures […]
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Locals plan forum, demonstration in opposition to hog farm near the Buffalo River by Dustin Bartholomew, Flyer Staff on April 22, 2013 at 5:17 pm Locals concerned about a hog farm recently permitted to be built along a tributary of the Buffalo National River in Arkansas are planning a demonstration […]
My report on growing resistance to a swine factory farm permitted on the BNRW will air Tuesday, April 23rd at noon on “Ozarks at Large” our daily news hour on KUAF National Public Radio 91.3fm, repeated at 7pm. We hear tape from a regular meeting of the PC&E on the […]
/http://5newsonline.com/2013/04/16/farmers-oppose-pollution-claims-resolution-passes-anyway/ Despite hearing from several angry farmers, the Fayetteville City Council passed a resolution Tuesday night opposing a hog farm aldermen say could pollute the Buffalo River and Fayetteville area.The council voted unanimously to oppose a 6,500-head hog factory farm near Harrison in Newton County. Although the farm is a […]
Not the first conflictBy Mike Masterson During the mid-1980s, a farmer with one or more big financial backers convinced the then-Department of Pollution Control and Ecology (now Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality) to approve a permit that would establish a landfill near the little Ozarks community of Pindall about 20 […]
Stuff I Don’t Understand, 4/9/13Mentally Hogtied, Mike Masterson Another thing I don’t understand is how a map contained in permitting records at the state’s Department of Environmental Quality in connection with C&H Hog farms Inc. in Mount Judea show a field proposed for spraying hog waste comes as close as […]