Environmental Issues & Controversies

C&H Hog Farms
In early 2013, brothers Richard and Phillip Campbell and their cousin Jason Henson opened C&H Hog Farms in...
Climate Change
aka: Global Warming
The spring of 2019 brought record flooding along the Arkansas River...
Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Species
Arkansas has many plant and animal species, partly because of varied topography and a temperate climate. An ab...
Flint Creek Power Plant
The Flint Creek Power Plant, located near Gentry (Benton County) and operated by Southwestern Electric Power C...
Forest Management and Conservation
The Dictionary of Forestry defines “forest management” as the application of biophysical and socioeconomic...
Independence Steam Electric Station
The Independence Steam Electric Station (ISES) is a coal-fired electric-energy-generating plant consisting of ...
Invasive Animals
aka: Alien Animals
An “invasive species” is defined as a species that is non-nativ...
Invasive Plants
aka: Exotic Plants
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Servi...
Ivory-billed Woodpeckers
aka: Campephilus principalis
Long believed to be extinct, the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephil...
Northern Snakehead
aka: Channa argus
aka: Snakehead
The northern snakehead (Channa argus) is a modern bony fish belongi...
Passenger Pigeons
aka: Ectopistes migratorius
The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was a North American ...
Plum Point Energy Station
The Plum Point Energy Station (PPES) is a 665-megawatt (MW) energy facility located approximately five miles e...
Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
aka: Picoides borealis
With the exception of the possibly rediscovered ivory-billed woodpe...
River Designations
aka: Wild and Scenic Rivers
aka: Arkansas Natural and Scenic Rivers System
Designation of rivers as a method of protection grew out of the env...
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
The most destructive period to the soil and water resources of Arkansas was during the years 1900 to 1930. Dur...
Soil Conservation
Around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, the first human inhabitants of what was to become the state of Arkansas cou...
Vertac
The Vertac site in Jacksonville (Pulaski County) is one of the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites and Arka...
White Bluff Generating Plant
The White Bluff Generating Plant is a coal-fired electrical energy generating plant located near Redfield (Jef...