Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA's Land Protection/Cleanup Programs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Action Plan
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: EJ Action Plan – Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land protection and Cleanup Programs (September 22) (“Action Plan”) The Action Plan was issued by EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management and is…
Stormwater/Low-Impact Development: Beaver Watershed Alliance Announces Completion of Rogers, Arkansas, Project
The Beaver Watershed Alliance (“BWA”) issued a September 29th news release announcing the completion of what it describes as a Low-Impact Development Pilot Project (“Project”) in Rogers, Arkansas. The pilot Project is stated to have been made possible through partnerships with the following…
Estate Planning Techniques in a Higher Interest Rate Environment
October 5, 2022
by B. Wade Bowen
One can hardly miss the high levels of inflation currently affecting our economy. Even for those who do not pay close attention to the news, where inflation could hardly be more covered, the price of nearly everything for consumers has skyrocketed as we have emerged from the COVID pandemic. To try…
Snail Darter/Endangered Species Act Delisting: The Fish that Faced Off Against the Tennessee Valley Authority Is Classified as Recovered
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) issued a pre-Federal Register publication final rule removing the snail darter from the federal Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. See Docket No. FWS-R4-ES 2020-0152. The snail darter is a small…
Arkansas State Conservationist's Partnership Award: Watershed Conservation Resource Center Named Recipient
The Arkansas Water Resource Center noted in its Fall 2022 publication Arkansas Water News that the Watershed Conservation Resource Center (“WCRC”) was the recipient of the Arkansas State Conservationist’s Partnership Award. The award was announced at the Arkansas Association of Conservation…