After months of debate between Republicans, a bill once opposed by conservationists and Gov. Sarah Sanders has passed the ...

Arkansas lawmakers are considering a bill to remove protections for the Buffalo River Watershed’s water quality.

An Arkansas Senate committee passed a bill on Tuesday that would require additional regulations for state agencies to follow to get or maintain permit moratoriums on certain farming operations in ...

Gordon Watkins, who's been farming for 40 years and is the president of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, said in 2019 ...

In the latest saga of Buffalo River drama, the bill threatening the farming permit pause on the river has been sent back to a ...

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The Buffalo River Coalition, which includes the Ozark Society, the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, the Arkansas Canoe Club and the National Parks Conservation Association, worked since 2012 to ...

fish and swim in the river, visit the historic sites and hike the park’s 100 miles of trails. Like many rivers, though, the Buffalo’s water quality is affected by tributaries that lie outside of the ...

Lake Maumelle provides much of the drinking water for Central Arkansas. A temporary moratorium was placed on the Buffalo River watershed after the permitting of a large swine farm caused a ...