Governor’s response The unimpressed By Mike Masterson Posted: April 18, 2017 at 2:27 a.m. NWAOnline I was surprised to see Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s response on the Voices page last week to my open letter in a column that ran last April (republished two weeks ago). I’d appealed to his role as […]
Arkansasonline OPINION – Guest writer A serious task Committed to protecting Buffalo By ASA HUTCHINSON SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE As governor of Arkansas, I have a responsibility to protect the Buffalo River. As an outdoorsman, I have a personal interest in seeing the Buffalo River healthy and beautiful for my […]
Fayetteville Free Weekly Buffalo River Among Most Endangered Rivers, Report Finds By Nick Brothers | April 13, 2017 A national report ranked the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas among America’s most endangered rivers Tuesday, citing concerns about a nearby large hog operation’s waste polluting the river. In the report by American National […]
Indyweek The Neuse River Is Sick, and Advocates Blame the Pork and Poultry Industries By Ken Fine Travis Graves has hundreds of pictures that he says prove that over the last five years, hundreds of millions of fish have washed ashore along North Carolina’s Neuse River, which runs from northwest Durham […]
Eco Watch Court Orders EPA to Close Loophole, Factory Farms Required to Report Toxic Pollution By Waterkeeper Alliance The DC Circuit Court ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday to close a loophole that has allowed hazardous substances released into the environment by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to […]
KUAF Radio/NPR American Rivers Designates the Buffalo National River Among the Most Endangered By JACQUELINE FROELICH • APR 11, 2017 Listen to the report here The national conservation group, American Rivers based in Washington D.C., has listed the Buffalo National River among the top ten endangered rivers in the United States. We […]
MIKE MASTERSON: Buffalo on list Rivers in danger By Mike Masterson Posted: April 11, 2017 at 4:30 a.m. NWAOnline The nightmare we’ve expected ever since our state wrongheadedly permitted C&H Hog Farms to set up shop in our fragile Buffalo National River watershed is becoming reality, my friends. The nonprofit American […]
Greenwire Court rejects Bush rule exempting CAFOs from reporting Amanda Reilly, E&E News reporter Published: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 A federal court tossed out a 2008 U.S. EPA rule exempting animal feeding operations from reporting pollution discharges. In a win for environmentalists, a federal court today tossed a George […]
Sad news for citizens of North Carolina. From the Rachel Carson Council BREAKING!! Hog Pollution Protection BillHeads to Governor’s Desk Sign here to tellGovernor Roy Cooper (D-NC) to VETO it!! Your efforts helped get bi-partisan opposition to HB 467 that protects the industrial hog industry and limits citizens’ rights to […]
Our Buffalo What permit? By Mike Masterson Posted: April 9, 2017 at 1:48 a.m. Many Arkansans have wondered for years how in the world our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) could have permitted a large hog factory in the sacred Buffalo National River watershed without conducting extensive geologic and engineering […]
Arkansasonline OPINION MIKE MASTERSON: Letter to the governor That hog factory By Mike Masterson The original version of this appeal was published April 12, 2016, almost a year ago. This being the final week kindly afforded we the people by our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) for public comment on […]
Arkansasonline Court date sought in hog-waste case Two of the three women who appealed the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality’s decision to issue a permit to EC Farms in the Buffalo River watershed have taken their case to circuit court. Carol Bitting and Lynn Wellford filed an appeal in Newton […]
News Tribune Green again blocks hog farm vote March 29th, 2017by Bob Watson Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green has again blocked the Clean Water Commission’s plans to vote on a proposed hog farm in Callaway County. Eichelberger Farms Inc., based in Wayland, Iowa, wants to operate the Callaway Farrowing […]
The state of Arkansas is accepting through April 6 public comments regarding a new permit for an industrial hog farm located upstream of Buffalo National River. The C&H Hog Farms, Inc., operation at Mount Judea is located along Big Creek about six miles upstream of the national river. Under a contract with […]
MIKE MASTERSON: ‘Clearly malfeasant’ Geologist speaks By Mike Masterson Posted: March 28, 2017 at 4:30 a.m. NWAOnline A former 30-year veteran of the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) has written an explosive letter claiming malfeasance and flawed findings, saying that agency inexplicably failed to consult its own geologists before issuing […]
Arkansasonline More JBS charges By Mike Masterson Posted: March 25, 2017 at 2:31 a.m. The Brazil-based meatpacker that provides and purchases the more than 6,000 swine raised by C&H Hog Farms in the Buffalo National River watershed is in trouble after police say it was caught giving payoffs to inspectors and […]
Arkansasonline Environmental notebook by Emily Walkenhorst Comment extended on large hog farm The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has extended the public comment period on the draft operating permit for C&H Hog Farms for 20 days. The department will now accept comments through 4:30 p.m. April 6, according to a […]
Letter to the Editor in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Close down hog farm The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance (buffaloriveralliance.org) lists six reasons why the C&H Hog Farms permit was improperly approved by the Department of Environmental Quality and should be denied. Additionally, I am concerned about community. It is well-documented that exposure […]
Arkansasonline Missing deadline? Report on Buffalo By Mike Masterson The Department of Environmental Quality (wheeze) has set what strikes me as an arbitrary, even premature, deadline of March 17 to end public comment about granting a new and revised operating permit for C&H Hog Farms, operating in our fragile Buffalo National […]
Help our Buffalo Mike Masterson – March 7th 2017 NWAOnline Arkansans seeking a way to support the struggle to keep our beloved Buffalo National River from the significant threat of contamination have two choices this month to join the growing crusade and enjoy some great entertainment. A musical benefit and […]