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'Buffalo River'

This week: A fight over hog waste in the Buffalo River watershed

Coming this week: A Pollution Control and Ecology Commission hearing Wednesday morning on the appeal of state approval of a modified permit for a farm to spread waste from the C and H hog factory feeding operation at Mount Judea on land in the Buffalo River watershed.
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Gov. Hutchinson announces a Buffalo River committee UPDATE

Gov. Asa Hutchinson called in press this morning to announce an interagency committee to share information about the Buffalo River.
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Hog farm relents on drilling tests

Richard Mays, the Heber Springs lawyer, tells me that the C and H Hog Farm at Mount Judea has relented and will cooperate with a plan to do drilling to test whether hog waste from the factory feeding operation is leaking into the Buffalo River watershed.

Hog farm resisting testing for potential Buffalo River pollution

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance said in a court filing Thursday that it had reached a settlement with the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality on testing for pollution from the C and H Hog farm at Mount Judea in the Buffalo River watershed. But there's a problem: the farm is resisting.
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Buffalo River is closed

If you were thinking of taking Monday off to float the Buffalo, forget it. The river has risen above its banks in the four places (marked on the map with red triangles and blue balloon), and swift water and floating debris present a danger to even the most experienced canoeists, the National Park Service says. Various news reports say the Tyler Bend campground is completely under water; the river should crest there this afternoon at 47 to 50 feet, according to KFSM News, which has images of flooding on its website.

Group presses state for action on Buffalo watershed hog farm

The Buffalo River Watershed Alliance continues to press the state Department of Environmental Quality for action on the hog farm in Mount Judea on a tributary of the Buffalo River.
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Group says new hog farm environmental review flawed

A new environmental assessment of the C and H factory hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed is "significantly flawed." So says the Buffalo River Coalition, which is fighting the waste-producing operation in the pollution susceptible territory.

Pollution Control approves moratorium on hog farms in Buffalo River watershed

The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission today approved regulations that will prohibit for five years new permits for factory hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed.
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Legislature signs off on five-year hog farm ban in Buffalo watershed

The Legislative Council has approved a compromise regulation creating a five-year ban on new construction of medium-to-large hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed.

The Lotto Problems Edition

Arkansas Scholarship Lottery drama, the latest on hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed, a big court victory for marriage equality in the state, Fayetteville’s referendum on its civil rights ordinance, the Downtown Partnership’s really unpopular proposal for a design overlay district and race and justice in America — all covered on this week's podcast.
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Hog manure talks; environmentalists walk on Buffalo River protection rule

A report from the scene indicates supporters of a rule to ban more medium and large concentrated hog feeding operations in the Buffalo River watershed faced a barrage of hositle questions from Farm Bureau advocates and the rule was headed to defeat.

Legislature votes today on the future of the Buffalo River

A rule to limit future hog feeder operations in the Buffalo River watershed is up for review by legislative committees this morning. Environmentalists view the rule as vital to protection of the river.
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