Fran Alexander: Defy, deny, delay Is this the Department of Environmental Quality’s motto? NWAOnline When the going gets tough, the tough get going, and no volunteer band of citizens fighting for a clean environment has worked harder, longer or more incisively than those trying to save the country’s first national […]
Permit hearing set for C&H Hog Farms By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: March 5, 2017 at 1:02 a.m. NWAOnline The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing Tuesday evening on C&H Hog Farms’ application for a permit to continue its Mount Judea operations. The public hearing is at 6 […]
Joplin Globe Fight for first national river goes on By Andy Ostmeyer aostmeyer@joplinglobe.com Mar 5, 2017 BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER — On May 24, 1962, conservationists meeting on the campus of the University of Arkansas chose a doctor named Neil Compton as president of their fledgling organization. The group […]
Voice for our river By Mike Masterson Posted: March 4, 2017 at 2:35 a.m. NWAOnline Our state’s Department of Environmental Quality (cough) will pretend like it’s listening next Tuesday as we the people they supposedly serve cuss and discuss issuing a “no discharge” state permit for the controversial C&H Hog Farms. […]
New “Beautiful Buffalo River” Action Committee Channels Clean River Agenda By JACQUELINE FROELICH • MAR 1, 2017 KUAF Radio – Listen to the broadcast here
Sierra Club Magazine BUFFALO RIVER HOG CAFO THREATENS AMERICA’S FIRST NATIONAL RIVER C&H Hog Farms produces millions of gallons of animal waste deep in the “Jewel of Arkansas” BY JONATHAN HAHN | FEB 24 2017 Arkansas is often referred to as flyover country, seen only in passing from behind the double pane glass […]
Arkansasonline Hog farm gets tentative OK of new permit Opponent has ‘lots to say’ as comment period begins By Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality issued tentative approval this week for C&H Hog Farms’ application for a new permit for its operations near Mount Judea. C&H applied April 7 […]
Back on the Buffalo By Mike Masterson Posted: February 11, 2017 at 1:57 a.m. NWAOnline The single bore hole drilled by our state’s Department of Environmental Quality apparently found no leakage beneath the waste lagoons at C&H Hog Farms in Mount Judea. Anyone surprised? The hole was drilled through mostly solid […]
facingsouth.org A Step Towards Environmental Justice In North Carolina’s Hog Country By Sue Sturgis February 3, 2017 After years of seeking help from state officials, people living near industrial hog farms across Eastern North Carolina had their fears about health-damaging pollution and industry harassment recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. […]
BRWA congratulates Ken Smith for recognition of his work to promote and protect the Buffalo! arkansas.com Haralson, Smith to be inducted into Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame 1/26/2017 Join your tourism industry colleagues as we honor this year’s inductees into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame. Chuck Haralson, former chief […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Panel affirms judge’s ruling on hog-manure permit fixBy Emily Walkenhorst The owner of EC Farms in Newton County will need to pay a permit fee and get a new permit number for spreading hog manure on his hundreds of acres, the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission […]
Fran Alexander: Rockin’ for a river Musicians set to raise money for river movement By Fran Alexander Posted: January 24, 2017 at 1 a.m. One of the more innocent notions we humans want to believe is that there is fairness within our government’s policies. People usually don’t find out otherwise until […]
Politico.com CAFO limbo over loan approval slowdown By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH nn 10/20/16 10:00 AM EDT With help from Catherine Boudreau, Ian Kullgren, Jenny Hopkinson and Adam Behsudi CAFO LIMBO OVER LOAN APPROVAL SLOWDOWN: The Obama administration is slow-walking the approval process for the credit it gives to large dairy and livestock […]
Algae agreement By Mike Masterson Posted: January 21, 2017 at 2:58 a.m. A milestone event occurred last month, one could say right beneath our noses. That’s when, after three years of studies and debate between Oklahoma and Arkansas, a six-member committee representing both states agreed on the amount of phosphorus allowed […]
Arkansasonline Drilling samples at hog farm at Big Creek show no E. coli Emily Walkenhorst 1/21/17 A study conducted at C&H Hog Farms found no evidence of a hog manure leak at the farm 6 miles from the Buffalo River, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality concluded this week. State-hired […]
Erosion, feral hogs pose concern on river Governor’s panel goal: Tend Buffalo By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: January 19, 2017 at 3:23 a.m. NWAOnline Erosion along the banks of the Buffalo National River and problems associated with feral hogs were among the primary concerns voiced this week during the first meeting of […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Panel urges Buffalo’s protection Committee sets schedule, OKs charter at first meeting By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: January 18, 2017 at 1:03 a.m.n n The governor-commissioned Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee met for the first time Tuesday afternoon, voicing its primary interests and concerns for protecting the Buffalo River.n […]
ArkansasOnline Hog-manure permit ruled flawed, fixableJudge: Administrative change will doBy Emily Walkenhorst The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality erred in not requiring EC Farms to apply for a separate permit to apply up to 6.7 million gallons of hog manure to land located in the Buffalo National River watershed, an […]
What transparency? About that plume By Mike Masterson Posted: December 20, 2016 at 2:16 a.m. NWAOnline The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance says the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (cough) didn’t allow nearly enough time to effectively analyze and respond to the Dec. 1 release of a 540-page report that was supposed […]
Harrison Daily Times Watershed alliance questions hog farm test results Posted: Saturday, December 17, 2016 12:00 pm Staff Report news@harrisondaily.com | 0 comments The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance Inc. has reviewed the drilling report provided by Harbor Environmental that details results of the single hole that was drilled at C&H Hog Farm on Sept. […]