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Bill targeting watershed moratoriums passes Arkansas Senate committee

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A bill targeting the swine farm moratorium in the Buffalo River watershed made it out of committee Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service) A bill that could strip away an environmental permit moratorium intended to protect the water quality of the Buffalo River watershed passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 290, sponsored by Sen. Blake Johnson, R-Corning, passed the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Developmen…

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Bill targeting watershed moratoriums passes Arkansas Senate committee

A bill targeting the swine farm moratorium in the Buffalo River watershed made it out of committee Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of National Park Service)A bill that could strip away an environmental permit moratorium intended to protect the water quality of the Buffalo River watershed passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 290, sponsored by Sen. Blake Johnson, R-Corning, passed the Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development…

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Senate panel OKs bill to make it harder to stop hog farming near Buffalo River

After months of delay, Johnson’s bill to threaten the hog farming pause on the Buffalo River passed the agriculture committee.

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texasgopvote.com

Cornyn, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Make the Feral Swine Eradication Program Permanent

U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Katie Britt (R-AL), and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) today introduced the Feral Swine Eradication Act, which would extend and make permanent a pilot program to safeguard public health, agriculture, and local ecosystems against the threat of feral swine: “Feral hogs can inflict serious

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Stuttgart Daily Leader

Senate bill seeks to limit farm impact on state's water quality

LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas State Senate committee passed a bill yesterday requiring additional regulations for state agencies to get or maintain permit moratoriums on certain farming operations in watersheds and other bodies of water. The bill would require a state agency wishing to continue a permit moratorium to present it to the Arkansas Legislative […]

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