Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Meeting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

June 8, 2018

Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee Meeting Scheduled

NORTH LITTLE ROCK - The Beautiful Buffalo River Action Committee (BBRAC) will hold its 2018 second quarter meeting at the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) on June 19, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the ADEQ Headquarters Commission Room located at 5301 Northshore Drive in North Little Rock.

Items on the agenda include a report on the final Buffalo River Watershed Management Plan by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) and a presentation by the U.S. Geological Survey on Mill Creek research in the Buffalo River Watershed.

BBRAC was established by Governor Asa Hutchinson in 2016 to develop an Arkansas-led, non-regulatory approach to identify opportunities to protect and maintain water quality in the Buffalo River Watershed. The Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Agriculture Department, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, ANRC, and ADEQ are the state agencies that comprise the committee. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office are supporting partners. 

CONTACT: Raeanne Gardner (gardner@adeq.state.ar.us or 501-682-0874)