cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24852015

A bill introduced in the Arkansas legislature would end the state’s ability to hold moratoriums on permits along the Buffalo River and other watersheds.

If Senate Bill 84 becomes law, it will end the state moratorium on issuing, for example, confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) permits along the Buffalo River watershed.

The state currently maintains a temporary moratorium on issuing new permits for medium and large CAFOs along the Buffalo. The Department of Environmental Quality initiated the moratorium in 2014 after environmental concerns about the waste generated by a large-scale hog farm near the river. The farm closed in late 2019 when the state purchased its assets.

I've enjoyed this the last few years

Natural state breweries produce over 52 thousand barrels of the beverage

See space-related artifacts up close, including meteorites, a campus computer that used to control a telescope and a mobile planetarium. Friday, Dec. 1, from 2-4:45 p.m.

The square will close to car traffic from 5-10 p.m. on Dec. 1, 8, 15 and 22.

The city of Fayetteville is gearing up for the final phase of its long-awaited cultural arts corridor.

Explorations in and around the Buffalo River Area