As we told you in a previous email, there was a congressional committee hearing in Washington D.C. at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 of the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Water and Power entitled: “A Washington DC-Based Bureaucratic Invention with Potential Water Conservation and Property Rights Impacts: The National Blueways […]
THE BATTLE AGAINST THE BLUEWAY IS NOT OVER! CALL TO ACTION: HEARINGS WILL BE HELD! Blueways fight not over Jul. 12, 2013 news-leader.com article by Deirdre Shesgreen If you thought the battle over the federal Blueways initiative was over, think again. Reps. Billy Long, R-Springfield, and Jason Smith, R-Salem, have asked leaders of the House Natural Resources […]
Click here to read the full articleTo read the full article you must be a subscriber with ArkansasOnline / AR Democrat Gazette By Bill Bowden The White River watershed is no longer a National Blueway. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell withdrew the Blueway designation Wednesday after a groundswell of opposition from […]
The following is a re-post from ABC News / Associated Press By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. July 4, 2013 (AP) Seeking to quell a public backlash, the U.S. Department of the Interior dropped the White River on Wednesday from a new federal program that recognizes conservation and recreation efforts along […]
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has officially requested that the National Blueway Designation for the White River be removed. Below is their letter to the U.S. Department of Interior Secretary, Sally Jewel.