The next year, Arkansas paid C&H $6.2 million for the farm land, which is being used as a conservation easement to protect the river. From 2016-18, Driver participated in a study of Big Creek and ...

The Buffalo enjoys special status in the country. It is America’s first national river. More than a million people each year float the crystal waters, camp on the gravel bars, and hike the goat ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A bill introduced in the Arkansas legislature on Tuesday would end a practice used to protect Buffalo River and other watershed protection. Senate Bill 290 was introduced by ...

Included in the 2018 draft 303d List are four segments of the Buffalo River Watershed - three of which reported elevated E. coli levels.

After 13 years, large-scale swine farms are banned — permanently — within the Buffalo River watershed, ending a saga that started when Arkansas environmental regulators quietly approved a ...

Algae blooming on Buffalo River, but ecologists say it’s just a nuisance for now Natural occurrences common, harmless, but could worsen, they say July 25, 2022 at 7:14 a.m. by Bill Bowden ...

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTVE - myarklamiss.com. Bill introduced in Arkansas legislature to end Buffalo River, watershed protections ...

The 37-mile Buffalo River Trail is one of Arkansas’s premier backpacking paths, but often when you take it in small bites, you won’t see another soul for miles, Branstetter said.

Arkansas and private groups are putting aside $2 million for conservation and water quality grants within the Buffalo River watershed. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an executive order Monday creating ...

Members of the Arkansas Nature Lovers Meetup group check out Skull Rock during a three-day camping float trip May 28-30, 2021, on the lower Buffalo National River.

ENDANGERED: The Buffalo River (file photo). Arkansas’s Buffalo River has again made a list it’s best not to mak e — an annual report from America’s Most Endangered Rivers.

Visitors to the Buffalo National River should watch out for algae on the river that has the potential to produce cyanotoxins, the National Park Service said in a news release Friday.