State Rep. DeAnn Vaught (center) and Energy and Environment Sec. Shane Khoury appear before the House Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development committee on April 10, 2025 to speak in favor of ...

— -- Clark Fletcher, 61, of Mountain Home, Ark., will never forget the first time he saw a canoe on the Buffalo National River. "I was about 10 and was fishing with my brother when we met four ...

A bill that threatens to allow industrial hog farming in the Buffalo National River watershed just hit another speedbump on its way to the governor’s desk. In the House hearing on Monday, members of ...

This article on the wilderness areas along the Buffalo National River is the eighth in a series commemorating the 40th anniversary of the signing of federal legislation to create nine new federal ...

Two state lawmakers filed a bill Tuesday that would prevent the state from banning hog farming in the Buffalo River watershed or other Arkansas waterways without specific clearance from a legislative ...

JOINS US IN STUDIO. VALERIE, WHAT CHANGES IS THIS BILL TRYING TO MAKE. THIS BILL áCOULD MAKE CURRENT PROTECTIONS OR áMORATORIUMSá AGAINST FARMING ON OR NEAR BODIES OF WATER... SUBJECT TO BEING ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A bill aimed at lifting the ban on farming near the Buffalo River passed with a 22-9 vote in the Arkansas Senate and is now set to be reviewed by the Arkansas House. Senate Bill ...