Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Box turtles always expect 'same time next year' but moving topsoil and removing vegetation can wipe out their expectations for ever: Please share with a developer and a public official
To ENLARGE, please click on images of two box turtles mating at World Peace Wetland Prairie in May 2007, as they may have met about the same time each year for decades and will try to find one another again in May 2012.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Destruction of wetland and vegetation to allow apartment construction next to Fayetteville's National Cemetery continues: video for public television starting Sunday (weekly schedule below)
Program Schedule
2/26/2012 to 3/3/2012, Channel 218
Sunday, 2/26/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4
Monday, 2/27/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
2:00 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
1:30 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Tuesday, 2/28/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4
Wednesday, 2/29/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Telecommunications Board 12/15/11
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
1:00 pm Telecommunications Board 12/15/11
2:20 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Thursday, 3/1/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
5:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 am The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 am Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 am Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 am Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 am Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 am Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
9:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
10:00 am Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 am The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 am A Word from the Lord #4
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Margaret Randall - A Poet Speaks
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
5:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
5:30 pm The Caine Interviews: Forestry
6:00 pm Key to the Kingdom: From a Lad to a Leader
6:30 pm Tomorrow's World: How to Know When Christ Will Return. . .
7:00 pm Unleavened Bread Bible Study: Panoramic Study #1047
8:00 pm Words of Peace: Make the Connection
8:30 pm Valley Harvest: Understanding the Kingdom Pt. 4
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Animal Telepathic Communicator
10:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
11:00 pm The Steve Katsos Show: #102
11:30 pm A Word from the Lord #4
Friday, 3/2/2012
12:00 am The Abbey of the Lemur: Huffing Freon Near the Iridescent Fibers
1:00 am Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
2:00 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
2:30 am The Music Kingdom Episode 7
3:00 am Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
4:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
4:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
5:00 am Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 am Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 am Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 am One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 am Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 am Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 am NWA Homelessness
12:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
12:30 pm Rebecca Watson - Skepchick
1:30 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
2:10 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
3:00 pm Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
4:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 pm Supreme Master TV: Humanity's Leap to the Golden Era Pt. 7
6:00 pm Richard S. Drake: On the Air- Evolution versus Creation Sience
7:00 pm Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
7:30 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
8:00 pm Omnivision: Occupy the Courts
9:00 pm One Whirled View: 2/6/12
10:00 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
10:30 pm Words of Peace: No Longer a Stranger
11:00 pm Short Takes: 2/26/12
11:30 pm NWA Homelessness
Saturday, 3/3/2012
12:00 am Fright Time Funhouse: Nightmare Castle
2:00 am Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
3:30 am VariYoga with Andrea #199
4:00 am Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
5:00 am MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
5:40 am The Caine Interviews Animal Haven Rescue Shelter
6:00 am Women in Politics: Where We Are, Where We're Going
6:30 am Northwoods Cooking Show #13
7:00 am Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
7:30 am The Garage: Breadside Table
8:00 am "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
9:00 am Immigration Legal Issues, NWA
10:00 am Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
10:30 am Explorations in Faiths:12/7/11
11:00 am Elena Featherstone-Visionary Hellraiser
1:00 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
1:30 pm Words of Peace: "True Success"
2:00 pm Painting Seascapes in Watercolor
3:00 pm MKPV: The Mandatory DNA Debate
3:35 pm The Caine Interviews: Seven Hills Homeless Shelter
4:00 pm Not Too Stuffy Law Show #3
4:30 pm "Life in a Quaker School 1934-1945" Oda Mulloy
5:30 pm JCSS: Jazzercise #12
6:00 pm Women in Politics: Where We Are, Where We're Going
6:30 pm Northwoods Cooking Show #13
7:00 pm Arkansas Immigrants: Growing Roots in the Land of Opportunity
7:30 pm The Garage: Breadside Table
8:30 pm VariYoga with Andrea #199
9:00 pm Arkansas Razorbacks Team Seti
10:00 pm Elena Featherstone-Visionary Hellraiser
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tell your state senators and representatives to approve the governor's budget plan and keep Arkansas on the progressive road
Dear Friend,
The following is a joint statement from the Arkansas Citizens First Congress and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
Proposed cuts in an already tight Arkansas budget threaten our ability to continue making progress on the big challenges facing our state. Last week, after months of budget discussions and hearings, the House minority leader proposed an alternative to Governor Mike Beebe’s budget that would cut $21 million from the Governor’s proposed balanced budget. A compromise may now be in the works that trims the overall budget by a much smaller amount, but those changes could still impact critical services.
The proposal from Rep. John Burris (R – Harrison) makes substantial cuts in several state agency budgets including over $460,000 from the Department of Education. Organizations like the Citizens First Congress, the Arkansas Public Policy Panel, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign have fought hard to make improvements in our state’s education system. These cuts could threaten that progress. We were recently ranked 5th in the nation for education policy and performance; we do not want to start going backward now.
The Governor proposed a balanced budget as required by the Arkansas Constitution. He has since offered to make small cuts in an effort to compromise. We believe further cuts to the budget are unnecessary and arbitrary. A key part of Arkansas's successes over the past decade – thanks to the leadership of Gov. Beebe and his predecessor, Mike Huckabee – has been avoiding major cuts to services despite two recessions.
The 3% cut proposed by Rep. Burris would have a direct impact on the services so many Arkansans need every day. From the Department of Health t to the Office of Emergency Services to the Department of Environmental Quality, agencies that we all use and depend on daily stand to take cuts. To see all the agencies that would be impacted by the cuts, go here.
Rep.Burris has yet to provide a detailed plan for how he thinks these agencies can absorb the cuts without cutting employees or services. Unlike the Governor’s proposed budget, which uses ongoing funding to pay for Medicaid, his proposal would rely on one-time funds and would increase the Medicaid shortfall in future years.
Please call your legislators. Let them know that you believe legislators should support Governor Beebe’s balanced budget proposal. The cuts proposed by Rep. Burris would cost the state jobs, cut vital services and undermine the progress that we have worked so hard together to make in recent years.
Signed,
Arkansas Citizens First Congress
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Free presentation and discussion of solar power at 6 p.m. Thursday in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Please click on link to ENLARGE.
The ASC is partnering with MAGE Solar to host a solar energy workshop on THURSDAY, February 23, 6:00-7:30 pm, in Walton College of Business room 203.
This workshop is free and open to the public. You’ll learn about residential and commercial rooftop solar installations and current tax incentives to help pay for a solar system.
▼Sam M. Walton College of Business
220 McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
University of Arkansas
(479) 575-5949
The ASC is partnering with MAGE Solar to host a solar energy workshop on THURSDAY, February 23, 6:00-7:30 pm, in Walton College of Business room 203.
This workshop is free and open to the public. You’ll learn about residential and commercial rooftop solar installations and current tax incentives to help pay for a solar system.
▼Sam M. Walton College of Business
220 McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville, AR 72701
University of Arkansas
(479) 575-5949
Monday, February 20, 2012
If you care about water quality in Arkansas, check my video clips on You Tube from the recent ADEQ listening session in Fayetteville and submit your own opinions to ADEQ before deadline 4:30 p.m. Feb. 29, 2012
13 video clips of speakers at ADEQ listening session on Regulation 2 that sets standards for protecting surface water in Arkansas. Comments accepted through Feb. 29, 2012. More video clips will appear on You Tube as time permits.
Please click on the image of flyer below to view full sentences on screen. Note deadline for comment and address for submissions and telephone number for more information.
Permits
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/default.htm
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
Wastewater Licensing
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_enforcement/wwl/
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
No Discharge Permits
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/nodischarge_permits/default.htm
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
More results from adeq.state.ar.us »
Please click on the image of flyer below to view full sentences on screen. Note deadline for comment and address for submissions and telephone number for more information.
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/default.htm
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
Wastewater Licensing
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_enforcement/wwl/
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
No Discharge Permits
www.adeq.state.ar.us/water/branch_permits/nodischarge_permits/default.htm
ADEQ - The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
More results from adeq.state.ar.us »
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Jed Clampit playing at J.T. Wamplers Tanglewood Tavern at 15th St. and S. School Avenue until 10 p.m. HURRY!
Please click on image to ENLARGE.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Pipe from THE GROVE (former salebarn) will flood back yards between Dunn Ave and West Ave
Please click on individual images to ENLARGE. I wonder whether I can find the video where a Campus Crest project advocate assured neighbors that NO stormwater would be routed into the neighborhood?
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| Grassy swale will be erode by pipe from Campus Crest bringing heavy flow of water between S. West and S. Dunn avenues |
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| Water from Campus Crest to flow through pipe into vegetation swale at left |
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| Outlet from north allows Campus Crest to flood private yards to the south |
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| Pipe to route stormwater southeast to daylight down grassy swale between houses |
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| Stormwater pipe being buried by Campus Crest contractors |
Please contact others about carpooling to Clarion Inn if need be to attend ADEQ meeting Wednesday
Sierra Club's Ozark Headwaters Group to attend ADEQ water-quality public meeting before OHG board meeting Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012
Public Meeting is for citizen input on possible revision of Reg. 2 water-quality standards. 6:00 PM-7:30 PM. ADEQ Contact: Sarah Clem, 501-682-0660; clem@adeq.state.ar.us
Saturday, February 11, 2012
ADEQ public meeting in Fayetteville Wednesday night conflicts with OHG Sierra Club meeting: Can we attend both?
ADEQ Public Meeting Detail
Doug Szenher, Public Information Coordinator - (501) 682-0915
| Date: | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 |
| Location City: | Fayetteville |
| Location County: | Washington |
| Location Detail: | Clarion Inn Terrace Room; 1255 S Shiloh |
| Start Time: | |
| End Time: | |
| All Day Event: | No |
| Meeting Type: | Public Meeting |
| Meeting Type Other: | |
| Media Division: | Water |
| Other Media/Divisions Involved: | Public Outreach and Assistance |
| ADEQ Contact: | Sarah Clem, 501-682-0660; clem@adeq.state.ar.us |
LISTENING SESSIONS SET FOR WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REVIEW
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will hold five informal public listening sessions during February for interested persons to comment on possible revisions to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission’s (APC&EC) Regulation 2, the Arkansas Water Quality Standards. The events are part of the Triennial Review process required by the federal Clean Water Act.
The schedule for the meetings is as follows:
• February 9, 2012, ADEQ Headquarters Building, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock; 2:00 p.m.
• February 15, 2012, Clarion Inn Terrace Room, 1255 S. Shiloh, Fayetteville; 6:00 p.m.
• February 16, 2012, University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, Independence Hall, Room 103, 2005 White Drive, Batesville; 6:00 p.m.
• February 21, 2012, Eugene Woods Civic Center, 212 W. Polk, West Memphis; 6:00 p.m.
• February 23, 2012, Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission Building, 2215 W. Hillsboro, El Dorado; 6:00 p.m.
In addition to soliciting public input at the meetings, the ADEQ is seeking interested persons to volunteer for a stakeholder workgroup to be formed as part of the Triennial Review process. The workgroup will hold a series of meetings later in the year to assist the ADEQ staff in developing a final draft of proposed changes to Regulation 2 which will be submitted to the APC&EC for its authorization to initiate the Commission’s rulemaking process as the first formal step toward adopting any proposed revisions.
ADEQ Water Division staff will make a brief presentation at each meeting to explain the goals of the listening sessions and future stakeholder workgroup meetings, as well as the APC&EC’s rulemaking process. Information and comments presented during the listening sessions will be considered by the ADEQ and at the stakeholder meetings in developing proposed changes to Regulation 2.
Interested persons who cannot attend the informal meetings have the opportunity to submit written comments on any changes they would like to see made to Regulation 2. Written comments should be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. February 29, 2012, and should be sent to Sarah Clem, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118. Electronic mail comments should be sent to: Reg2Listening-Comments@adeq.state.ar.us.
The federal Clean Water Act requires states to conduct a comprehensive review of their water quality standards at least every three years to stay in compliance with federal water quality provisions and to maintain protection of the designated uses of water bodies in the state.
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will hold five informal public listening sessions during February for interested persons to comment on possible revisions to the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission’s (APC&EC) Regulation 2, the Arkansas Water Quality Standards. The events are part of the Triennial Review process required by the federal Clean Water Act.
The schedule for the meetings is as follows:
• February 9, 2012, ADEQ Headquarters Building, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock; 2:00 p.m.
• February 15, 2012, Clarion Inn Terrace Room, 1255 S. Shiloh, Fayetteville; 6:00 p.m.
• February 16, 2012, University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, Independence Hall, Room 103, 2005 White Drive, Batesville; 6:00 p.m.
• February 21, 2012, Eugene Woods Civic Center, 212 W. Polk, West Memphis; 6:00 p.m.
• February 23, 2012, Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission Building, 2215 W. Hillsboro, El Dorado; 6:00 p.m.
In addition to soliciting public input at the meetings, the ADEQ is seeking interested persons to volunteer for a stakeholder workgroup to be formed as part of the Triennial Review process. The workgroup will hold a series of meetings later in the year to assist the ADEQ staff in developing a final draft of proposed changes to Regulation 2 which will be submitted to the APC&EC for its authorization to initiate the Commission’s rulemaking process as the first formal step toward adopting any proposed revisions.
ADEQ Water Division staff will make a brief presentation at each meeting to explain the goals of the listening sessions and future stakeholder workgroup meetings, as well as the APC&EC’s rulemaking process. Information and comments presented during the listening sessions will be considered by the ADEQ and at the stakeholder meetings in developing proposed changes to Regulation 2.
Interested persons who cannot attend the informal meetings have the opportunity to submit written comments on any changes they would like to see made to Regulation 2. Written comments should be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. February 29, 2012, and should be sent to Sarah Clem, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Water Division, 5301 Northshore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118. Electronic mail comments should be sent to: Reg2Listening-Comments@adeq.state.ar.us.
The federal Clean Water Act requires states to conduct a comprehensive review of their water quality standards at least every three years to stay in compliance with federal water quality provisions and to maintain protection of the designated uses of water bodies in the state.
Dan Millican talks about impaired urban streams in Arkansas
Preview sample of short takes to run Sunday through Friday, Feb. 12-17, 2012. You too can do a short take each week FREE at Fayetteville Public Television. Shows run on the Internet site of YOUR-MEDIA and on both Cox Cable 218 and AT&T Uverse 99 several times each week.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Washington County Quorum Court LISTENS and LISTENS as county residents speak to the need to expand Ozark Regional Transit on February 9, 2012
Please click on individual images to ENLARGE.
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| Rack on front of ORT bus carries two bikes safely for physically active |
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| Phone number on side reminds people where to call for information |
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| Wheelchair lift near back right side allows easy access to physically handicapped |
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Thinking about eminent-domain issue?
"Most municipalities have chosen to RESPECT their citizenry and make the HONORABLE decision
to pay their property owners full appraisal value when the city takes property for a municipal
project. Unfortunately, the city of Fayetteville is not doing that."
quote from an experienced professional AR appraiser
Jacqueline Froelich's report on varying municipal easement formulas regarding private property will air Wednesday February 8th at noon on “Ozarks at Large” our daily news hour on KUAF National Public Radio 91.3fm, repeated at 7pm. She's also filed it for broadcast on their state-wide public radio network.
If you are out of listening range, you can stream it at KUAF.com
They also post the show on their website, so expect to see it by 1pm. Go to KUAF.com and scroll down to the “Ozarks at Large” section-- you should see the entire news hour and the individual segment as well.
Here’s the direct link to the daily shows: http://www.kuaf.com/ozarksatlarge
You can download the show for free at the “Ozarks At Large” podcast link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ozarks-at-large/id129608203
Eminent Domain Condemnation
Do you know Rogers & Springdale & other neighboring towns offer their impacted citizens full value for land taken for govt. projects. Fayetteville does NOT offer this same fair market value for its easements. Commonly they offer either 25% or 33% of current appraisal value.
Fayetteville citizens who want to reform this practice will meet:
Thurs., Feb. 9th, 6:30pm
Ann Henry Board Room
Fayetteville Public Library
401 W. Mountain St.
Come Join Us.
We Deserve Better.
FaceBook pg: Fayette Junction Cottonwood Tree
Why not protect corner lot to keep part of the water where it falls? Video includes discussion of this and several other issues from Feb. 7, 2012, meeting of Fayetteville City Council
Please click on individual images to ENLARGE view of wetland barely outside the 50-foot riparian buffer set by the 2011 Fayetteville stream-side protection ordinance. Site now slated for construction. Spout Spring Branch flows from left to right through a culvert under MLK JR Blvd. A low berm around this corner could contain a great deal more water, which would recharge the stream slowly as all low-impact development manuals would require.
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| Spout Spring Branch riparian wetland slows runoff and allows much water to soak into absorbent prairie soil, fulfilling the intention of the city's streamside protection ordinance passed nearly a year ago. Filling this land for construction will negate its value for the Beaver Lake watershed. |
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| January 25, 2012, view north from MLK Blvd. across natural-raingarden up South East Avenue |
Monday, February 6, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Pipeline fight heats up again. Please share your opinion with congress and president
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
Bee keeper's classes Feb. 6 and Feb. 13
The Northwest Arkansas Beekeepers Association will host three classes for beginning beekeepers Jan. 30, Feb 6, and Feb 13. The classes willbe 6-9 pm at the Pauline Whitaker Equine Center in Fayetteville. One of the speakers will be Jon Zawislak of the University of Arkansas who gave a presentation to FGNS in May of 2010 on Solitary Bees and Syrphid flies as Pollinators (along with Ricky Corder).
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Amber Tripodi's bumblebee presentation for Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association now available as 12 video clips on YOU TUBE. Use link below to get to them all.
Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association video clips of Amber Tripodi's presentation on bumblebee populations on local prairie, former prairie and prairie-restoration sites in Northwest Arkansas.
Arresting someone for filming a meeting: Is that a Republican family value?
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February 1, 2012
'Gasland' Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans (UPDATES)
Posted: 2/1/12 11:45 AM ET | Updated: 2/1/12 05:56 PM ET
This image, taken by a Democratic source, shows Josh Fox being arrested by Capitol Hill police.
Josh Fox, director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Gasland" was taken into custody by Capitol Hill police this morning, along with his crew, after Republicans objected to their presence, according to Democratic sources present at the hearing. The meeting of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment had been taking place in room 2318 of the Rayburn building.
HuffPost has obtained exclusive video of the arrest of Josh Fox. Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.), the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, can be heard at the end of the clip asking Republican Chairman Andy Harris (R-Md.) to halt the arrest and permit Fox to film the public hearing. Harris denies Miller's request as Fox is escorted out of the hearing in handcuffs.
WATCH Capitol Hill Police Arrest a Journalist for Filming a Public Hearing: (story continues below)
"Gasland" received strong critical acclaim and takes a critical eye toward the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," a process in which several tons of highly pressurized water and chemicals are injected into the ground, allowing valuable natural gas to escape. The practice is decried by ecological experts for destroying ecosystems and polluting groundwater. The energy industry keeps the actual content of fracking chemicals secret.
Fox had hoped to film Wednesday's hearing for a follow-up to "Gasland." Fox told HuffPost later Wednesday evening, "We did get his staff on the phone, they never returned the phone call," referring to staffers for Chairman Harris. "This is not transparency. This is a lockout and it's bad. It's the people's House, after all. We went through the proper channels to arrange to tape this hearing. We have taped congressional hearings before and we've been turned down before, but I disagree with the policy. Anyone who says they're a journalist is a journalist. It's called the First Amendment. It's the freedom of the press, and that is fundamental to our core identity as the United States of America."
Hearings are open to the public, and any citizen can attend. Regulations only govern the use of cameras. Even under an extreme adherence to the rules, Fox's camera could have been confiscated or disabled without subjecting him to arrest. And while Fox did not have formal Capitol Hill credentials, such formalities are rarely enforced against high-profile journalists. Temporary passes are easy to obtain, and if Republicans had objected on procedural grounds, they could have simply sent the crew to the front desk, rather than ordering police to arrest journalists. The right to a free press is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Documentary crews are almost never denied access to public meetings of elected government officials.
UPDATE: 12:09 p.m. -- Capitol Police public information officer Sergeant Kimberly Schneider provided the following statement to HuffPost on the morning's events:
"At approximately 10:30 a.m. today, United States Capitol Police arrested Joshua Fox of Milanville, Pa. in room 2318 of the Rayburn House office building. He is charged with unlawful entry, and he is currently being processed at United States Capitol Police headquarters."
UPDATE: 2:27 p.m. -- Fox apparently had applied for credentialing the day before the hearing but had been unable to obtain official permission to film. He had asked a credentialed film crew to tape the proceedings on his behalf but was informed that this was not permitted.
Nevertheless, turning away journalists is extremely rare on Capitol Hill. The rules requiring pre-approval for film crews are designed to prevent hearings from being disrupted by hordes of camera operators. That was not the case for this hearing. Only two cameras requested entrance to the event, which was not crowded.
Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris (R-Md.) was unavailable for comment, but several Democrats on the committee voiced outrage with the GOP's press blackout.
"I was chair of the Subcommittee for four years, and we frequently had people show up the day of a hearing to film," Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) told HuffPost. "We asked for their name, but they were told if they would not disrupt the hearing, they were free to record. A couple of times staff said, 'You're getting in the way, don't stand there,' but other than that, I do not ever recall anything like this. We certainly never turned anyone away for not providing 24 hours' notice."
"It's an outrageous violation of the First Amendment," Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) told HuffPost. "Here we've got an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, and it's an important subject and the subject that he did his prior film on for HBO. And they put him in handcuffs and hauled him out of there. This is stunning."
"I found it ironic that there was not a flood of cameras there," noted Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.). "There was the one camera and then before that, the ABC camera ... if you have a camera there to bring the issue home to the public, that's a good thing."
The hearing was already being filmed by C-SPAN. Josh Fox had only sought to obtain higher-quality video by bringing their own cameras to the event. Democrats attempted to suspend the rules governing camerawork to allow Fox and ABC to film the hearing, but Republicans, who hold a majority on all House committees and subcommittees, voted down the motion. Democrats then sought to postpone the hearing to allow for filming at a later date, a motion which Republicans also overruled.
UPDATE: 3:45 p.m. -- Republican staffers told Democrats that a crew for ABC News had also been denied access to the event, but ABC News told HuffPost that their organization did not have any journalists assigned to cover the hearing. It is not clear what caused the confusion.
"We definitely did not have a crew on the Hill this morning to cover this hearing," an ABC News spokeswoman told HuffPost. "The individual who was turned away absolutely did not have ABC news credentials."
UPDATE: 4:45 p.m. -- Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) told HuffPost, “I have served in the House of Representatives since 1992, and I had the privilege of chairing the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. In all that time, I cannot recall a chair of any committee or subcommittee having ever ordered the removal of a person who was filming a committee proceeding and not being disruptive, whether or not that person was accredited. It is a matter of routine that all sorts of people photograph and record our proceedings. Most of them are not accredited. I cannot recall anyone questioning their right to be there."
Arthur Spitzer, legal director of the ACLU in Washington, explained that "congressional committees routinely allow professional journalists to record hearings even when they don't have official press credentials, and excluding a journalist because he doesn't share the political views of the committee chair is outrageous. The Supreme Court has explained many times that censorship based on viewpoint is the clearest kind of First Amendment violation, and that seems to be what happened here."
Josh Fox, meanwhile, has issued the following statement to the press:
I was arrested today for exercising my First Amendment rights to freedom of the press on Capitol Hill. I was not expecting to be arrested for practicing journalism. Today's hearing in the House Energy and Environment subcommittee was called to examine EPAs findings that hydraulic fracturing fluids had contaminated groundwater in the town of Pavillion, Wyoming. I have a long history with the town of Pavillion and its residents who have maintained since 2008 that fracking has contaminated their water supply. I featured the stories of residents John Fenton, Louis Meeks and Jeff Locker in GASLAND and I have continued to document the catastrophic water contamination in Pavillion for the upcoming sequel GASLAND 2. It would seem that the Republican leadership was using this hearing to attack the three year Region 8 EPA investigation involving hundreds of samples and extensive water testing which ruled that Pavillion's groundwater was a health hazard, contaminated by benzene at 50x the safe level and numerous other contaminants associated with gas drilling. Most importantly, EPA stated in this case that fracking was the likely cause. As a filmmaker and journalist I have covered hundreds of public hearings, including Congressional hearings. It is my understanding that public speech is allowed to be filmed. Congress should be no exception. No one on Capitol Hill should regard themselves exempt from the Constitution. The First Amendment to the Constitution states explicitly "Congress shall make no law...that infringes on the Freedom of the Press". Which means that no subcommittee rule or regulation should prohibit a respectful journalist or citizen from recording a public hearing.This is a developing story. Check back with HuffPost for more.
This was an act of civil disobedience, yes done in an impromptu fashion, but at the moment when they told me to turn off the cameras, I could not. I know my rights and I felt it was imperative to exercise them.
When I was led out of the hearing room in handcuffs, John Boehner's pledge of transparency in congress was taken out with me.
The people of Pavillion deserve better. The thousands across the US who have documented cases of water contamination in fracking areas deserve their own hearing on Capitol hill. They deserve the chance to testify in before Congress. The truth that fracking contaminates groundwater is out, and no amount of intimidation tactics --either outright challenges to science or the arrest of journalists --will put the genie back in the bottle. Such a brazen attempt to discredit and silence the EPA, the citizens of Pavillion and documentary filmmaking will ultimately fail and it is an affront to the health and integrity of Americans.
Lastly, in defense of my profession, I will state that many many Americans get their news from independent documentaries. The hill should immediately move to make hearings and meetings accessible to independent journalists and not further obstruct the truth from being reported in the vivid and in depth manner that is only achievable through long form documentary filmmaking.
I will be thinking on this event further and will post further thoughts and developments.
I have been charged with "unlawful entry" and my court date is February 15.
Josh Fox
Washington D.C.
2/1/12
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Public meeting last week in Elkins unnoticed by most but public-comment period on new bridge proposal for Arkansas Highway 16 remains open for a few more days: See comment from one affected landowner below plus Google map of area in question
For numerous photos of the area where the new bridge and the approach road would be built, please see lower part of AHTD set of photos on Flickr.
For aerial photo map of the land, please scroll down this blog post.
Public Meeting Notice
For aerial photo map of the land, please scroll down this blog post.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
WHAT: | Public Involvement - West & Middle Forks White River Structures and Approaches (Fayetteville) (Hwy. 16) | |
WHEN: | Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. | |
WHERE: | Harris Baptist Church (Fellowship Hall) 2201 North Center Street in Elkins | |
CONTACT: | Ruby Jordan, Section Head - Public Involvement |
Note: Material will be posted as links as soon as they become available and if applicable to the Meeting.
Flyer (.pdf)
Legal Notice (.pdf)
Environmental Document (.pdf)
Project Map (.pdf)
Project Packet (includes comment form)
AHTD Job 040569
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Freedom of Information
In the last year my husband and I bought property by the Middle Fork of the White River that right now is being affected by a proposed bridge replacement that I wanted to notify you about because 1) it raises some important concerns regarding urban sprawl; and 2) even though the two bridges affected are in the City of Fayetteville (and one area that will have a some land taken BELONGS to the City of Fayetteville) the public-input meeting was held in . . . . ELKINS rather than Fayetteville. As a result, attendance by interested Fayetteville residents was probably decreased, and attendance by people who live in Elkins was probably increased, resulting in a public-input primarily by those who would be more receptive to a faster, wider route to Elkins.
I have attached several documents, including the COMMENT FORM. And also my thoughts, below.
I spoke with the chief engineer on this project, Linda Gunn, and she says that the new bridge (which will be wider- two lanes and two shoulders) and the new section of road and new bridge at the Middle Fork will accommodate 60 MPH traffic. Currently it is only 50 MPH. She has assured me that there is no "current" plan to widen all of 16 West for the next few years, but these bridges are being built bigger and wider for just that reason. So what's the problem with all this? THIS WILL SUBSIDIZE AND FACILITATE MORE URBAN SPRAWL!!! This Middle Fork bridge was built in 1927 and is not unsound. The only real reason I can imagine it is being replaced is because the State has received federal funding and doing this now will make expansion of Hwy. 16 East easier and less costly.
If we stop the bridge widening (and the public is probably not even being made aware that this expansion will eventually accommodate faster and therefore increased traffic) perhaps we can slow down the sprawl!!!
The comment period is only 15 days from the day of the meeting which was held on January 26th, yet pertinent information and the comment form itself is not available on the State's website even today! They are not making it easy to attend the meeting or even provide comments! Here's a link. http://www.arkansashighways.com/public_meetings/2012/040569/040569.aspx
Please make your opinion heard!!! Please help by submitting public comments!!!
DEMAND THAT ANOTHER PUBLIC INTEREST AND INPUT MEETING BE HELD IN FAYETTEVILLE BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE! IT IS NOT FAIR TO HOLD IT WAY OUT IN ELKINS (2201 n. center street, elkins) WHEN THE TWO BRIDGES ARE IN FAYETTEVILLE!!! DEMAND THAT THE COMMENT PERIOD NOT BE CLOSED UNTIL THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, WHEN I ASKED FOR THESE THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT COMPLETED YET, SO THE PUBLIC IS BEING ASKED TO MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE THE PUBLIC EVEN HAS ENOUGH INFORMATION.
Stephanie Dzur
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