tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772882772055457462024-02-20T05:18:26.803-06:00Friends of the Mulberry WatershedFriends of the Mulberry Watershedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11043090156356068461noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-75621236933537810692011-05-11T07:22:00.003-05:002011-05-11T07:22:51.787-05:00New Study and Next Meeting<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Check out this new study just released on fracking and drinking water at <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking?utm_source=socmed&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=fracking" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://www.propublica.org/<wbr></wbr>article/scientific-study-<wbr></wbr>links-flammable-drinking-<wbr></wbr>water-to-fracking?utm_source=<wbr></wbr>socmed&utm_medium=FB&utm_<wbr></wbr>campaign=fracking</a>.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Field trip" tomorrow! We are visiting the injection well west of Ozone that is already in operation and our next meeting is Thursday, May 12th, at 6:30 pm, at my house.</div>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-81344923795490258222011-03-28T22:32:00.002-05:002011-03-28T22:32:39.300-05:00<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello Friends,</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Sorry for being so late in emailing--- I have been recuperating from our excursion to LR last Wednesday! It was quite exciting and a learning experience. HB 1394 was voted down by the committee and the other 6 bills were sent to interim study, which means that they will be looked at again another day.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> If you have a chance, you might email Senator Webb and Representatives Lenderman, Leding and Pierce, thanking them for their efforts. We need as many "with us" as possible, and they stuck their necks out. We met for about an hour after the committee hearing at the AR Public Policy Panel offices to discuss our next strategies. For a very good piece of reporting on the natural gas legislation, listen to Jacqueline Frolich's interview of Bill Kopsky (AR Public Policy Panel) at<a href="http://kuaf.org/ozarksatlarge" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://kuaf.org/ozarksatlarge</a>.<wbr></wbr> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I will fill you in on all the juicy details of the march on LR at our next meeting, which is Thursday, March 31st, 6:30 pm, at myhouse. We will be having carrot cake (special request, Doug Strubel's birthday)!! First come, first serve!!</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #888888;"><div>Susan</div></span></span>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-54094813718432769472011-03-19T23:35:00.002-05:002011-03-19T23:35:58.998-05:00March for Water<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">At 7 am on Wed. morning, hundreds and/or, thousands of people who will meet at Murray Park in Little Rock, or somewhere along the River Trail pedestrian route, and walk or bike our asses in masses to the State Capitol to be there by 10 am for the house committee hearing. It is a distance of 4.7 miles, and is walkable in 2 hours.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Here is a map (this link works):</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.littlerock.org/images/parks/photos/Arkansas_River_Trail_lg.jpg" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://www.littlerock.org/<wbr></wbr>images/parks/photos/Arkansas_<wbr></wbr>River_Trail_lg.jpg</a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Please help spread the word.. fwd to everyone you know statewide, and</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">join us on Wed. If you can't make the march, please meet us at the State Capitol between 9 and 10 am. The House Committee on Agriculture will be holding hearings on Wed. (Room 138) and will consider proposed legislation to better protect property owners and strengthen regulations of fracked gas well operations throughout the state. If these bills do not pass through this committee, they are dead.</div>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-75089594153372408312011-02-28T21:47:00.001-06:002011-03-01T14:16:58.663-06:00"The Natural State" viewing in Eureka Springs on March 12th<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">From Shawn Porter:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Arkansas activists past and present are featured in movie about Carroll Electric's herbicide spraying. The documentary, a production of Ozarkadia Films and Duck a Duck Productions, is titled "The Natural State of America." It will be shown on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at the Unitarian Church at 17 Elk Street. <i>(at 4pm)</i></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Others in the film include Dr. Pat Costner, a former Greenpeace scientist, and Barbara Harmony, director of the National Water Center.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">As the film documents, residents of the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas, the “Natural State,” are presently engaged in a battle with their rural electric cooperative over the spraying of herbicides on powerline right-of-ways. Herbicides have been sprayed against landowners’ wishes, in many cases even after they explicitly requested or posted their land so it would not be sprayed.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">The issue of herbicide applications and local resistance is not a new one, however; in 1975 the Newton County Wildlife Association (NCWA) formed to protest and legally challenge the aerial spraying of herbicides (2,4,D & 2,4,5,T) on the Ozark National Forests. NCWA succeeded in halting such aerial spraying and their legal precedent prevented the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) from using these methods in National Forests throughout the United States of America.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">In the 1980s, the U.S.F.S. reintegrated herbicides into their management plans. Yet, when they conducted surveys asking residents about those plans for their National Forests, a vast majority responded that they did not want their forests sprayed with chemicals. Despite local opposition, various governmental and corporate entities continue to spray herbicides on private and public lands. This documentary employs applied anthropology, archival research, and diverse media to present the issue through the experiences and struggles of Ozarkers to protect their lands, waters, and families from biocides.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">There will be a reception following the film. Admission is a suggested $1 donation.</div>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-9043981267261043952011-02-28T20:03:00.000-06:002011-02-28T20:03:26.616-06:00Earthquake<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">The post below is from Shawn Porter:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Last night, 3 major earthquakes struck central Arkansas, centered near Greenbriar, AR.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">If you live in Arkansas, please contact Governor Beebe and your legislators to demand an immediate moratorium on fracking, seismic testing, and deep injection wells.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Don't let the gas industry turn Arkansas into the "Deep Horizon" of 2011.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> <div>Governor's Office General Information 501-682-2345</div><div>Chief of Staff 501-682-3607</div><div> </div></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;">Please fwd and repost. Pardon cross postings. Ar Legislative directory available at:</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://citizensfirst.org/resources/2011-leg-directory" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://citizensfirst.org/<wbr></wbr>resources/2011-leg-directory</a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial;"> </div>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-79481630476090673782011-02-19T08:52:00.002-06:002011-02-19T08:52:19.242-06:00<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello Friends,</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Louise and I represented FOM at the fracalliance meeting in LR on 1-29-11, which was well attended by 21 representatives of many different groups. There was discussion about the current status, projected growth, and environmental impacts of the gas industry in Arkansas. The afternoon session worked on identifying common goals and strategies for action.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Highlights of this meeting will be shared at our next Friends of the Mulberry Watershed gathering which is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 24th, 6:30 pm, at my house.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Be prepared to brainstorm on ways we can further current legislative, public awareness, and education efforts!</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If you have a chance, check out Arkansas Citizen's First Congress at <a href="http://citizensfirst.org/front-page/" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://citizensfirst.org/<wbr></wbr>front-page/</a>. Also, read the Environment America report at<a href="http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/toxic-free-communities/stop-toxic-pollution/toxic-chemicals-on-tap-how-natural-gas-drilling-threatens-drinking-water" style="color: #0000cc;" target="_blank">http://www.environmentamerica.<wbr></wbr>org/reports/toxic-free-<wbr></wbr>communities/stop-toxic-<wbr></wbr>pollution/toxic-chemicals-on-<wbr></wbr>tap-how-natural-gas-drilling-<wbr></wbr>threatens-drinking-water</a>.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hope to see my living room full!</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #888888;"><div>Susan</div></span></span>Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-67948546731926834292011-01-20T21:25:00.002-06:002011-01-20T21:25:40.927-06:00Next MeetingOur next meeting will be on Tuesday January 25th at 6:30pm at Susan's house.Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-91205238491002717732010-12-06T22:02:00.000-06:002010-12-06T22:02:59.555-06:00Report on Nov. 30th MeetingWith 13 in attendance, we discussed several topics during our last meeting:<br />
<ul><li>Linking/Partnering with <a href="http://www.awag.org/index.html">AWAG</a> (Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group). </li>
<li>Reports from Eddie Skaggs, Maryetta Carroll, and Eden Reif who all attended the AWAG conference in Mountain View.</li>
<li>Joining a coalition to oppose the fractured shell natural gas drilling on Arkansas Natural Forests and public lands.</li>
<li>Attempt to obtain a current water assessment of the local area. </li>
<li>Organizing a fundraiser for the spring. </li>
<li>Slogans and signs for the local area.</li>
<li>Wild and Scenic River and/or Extraordinary Resource status...what exactly does that mean?</li>
</ul>Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday January 27th at 6:00pm. Location to be announced.Ozark Mountain Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15077744674754545563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2177288277205545746.post-81465238852476348242010-11-29T17:50:00.000-06:002010-11-29T17:51:11.223-06:00MeetingNext meeting will be Tuesday, November 30th at 6:30.Friends of the Mulberry Watershedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11043090156356068461noreply@blogger.com0