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'Buffalo River'

starry sky on the Bufffalo River at Grinder's Ferry

Let's Talk Lumens: A Q&A with Bruce McMath of the Arkansas Natural Sky Association

"Utility companies wanting to sell electricity off-peak at night and politicians wanting simple solutions to complicated problems have sold light as an antiseptic to crime," McMath said, "which it decidedly is not."
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State strikes deal to remove hog farm from Buffalo River watershed: UPDATE

Gov. Asa Hutchinson used an appearance before the Arkansas Municipal League today to announce that a deal had been struck to remove the C and H factory hog feeding operation from the Buffalo River watershed.
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Buffalo River makes endangered list again

Arkansas's Buffalo River has again made a list it's best not to make — an annual report from America's Most Endangered Rivers.

The clean water fight puts spotlight on agency not up to the task

The Farm Bureau has assembled a mighty rural lobbying force to transfer regulation of liquid animal waste (pig manure particularly) from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, which isn't always able to carry out its existing role in protecting natural resources.
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Former Pollution Control commissioners oppose animal waste bill

Former Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission members have released a statement opposing SB 550, the bill intended to make it easier for operators of factory farms to dispose of, particularly, pig manure.

Arkansas group joins suit over concentrated animal feeding operations

White River Waterkeeper, an Arkansas group based in Harrison, has joined seven other groups in a federal lawsuit in Washington that aims to stop a U.S. Agriculture Department policy that exempts industrial animal operations that receive federal loans from undergoing an environmental review or providing notice of their operations to neighbors.
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Third District candidates take 'stands' on Buffalo River hog farm

Taking a vote: You pick the best statement on the Buffalo River hog farm situation by candidates for Third District Congress.

Conflict noted for pro-hog farm vote on Pollution Control and Ecology Commission

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today wrote its story about a topic we reported Friday — the decision by new Pollution Control and Ecology Commission Mike Freeze of Keo to vote in favor of permits for the C and H factory hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed despite having supported the permit as a private citizen before joining the commission. There's more on the conflict-of-interest front.
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New Pollution Control commissioner ignores conflict and votes for hog farm

A new Pollution Control and Ecology Commiission member started his stint with a conflict of interest and refused to acknowledge it. Thank Asa Hutchinson.

EPA chief Pruitt in Arkansas pushing end to clean air and water rules

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was in Little Rock today and touted his effort to loosen clean air and water rules at a meeting at the Don and Randal Tyson Conference Center at the Arkansas Poultry Federation.
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Nature Conservancy purchases 1,425 acres in Buffalo River watershed

The Nature Conservancy, a non-profit that works to protect lands, wildlife, and waters, has purchased 1,425 forested acres on mountain near Mt. Judea along Big Creek, a tributary of the Buffalo River.

A new front in the war over hog waste in the Buffalo River watershed

Lin Wellford, one of the petitioners, told a reporter that the EC Farms permit modification was "choreographed to get around the moratorium" on new CAFOs in the Buffalo.
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