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Recreational And Angler Survey Of The Buffalo National River, Arkansas, James E. Johnson
Recreational And Angler Survey Of The Buffalo National River, Arkansas, James E. Johnson
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The Buffalo River in northern Arkansas was surveyed for recreator and angler use in 1991 and 1992. The river was divided into three reaches and numbers of boats, recreators, anglers, and catches were compiled by creel clerks at nine selected take-out points. Outfitter rental receipts were used to estimate rental boats, and the proportion of rental to private boats creeled was used to correct for private boats not counted on the rental receipts. A total of 1,656 boats containing 3,071 recreators was contracted by the creel clerks during 1991 and 1992; 9.2% of the recreators were anglers. Expansion of the …
Arkansas' Wellhead Protection Program, With Discussion Of Delineation Methodology, Robert Cordova, Bobby Makin
Arkansas' Wellhead Protection Program, With Discussion Of Delineation Methodology, Robert Cordova, Bobby Makin
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The Wellhead Protection (WHP) program was authorized by the 1986 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. The Arkansas Department of Health in July, 1986, was designated by Governor Clinton to be the lead agency in carrying out the WHP program. The program is designed to protect the ground-water resource tapped by public water-supply wells from contaminants which are injurious to the public health. It is the first formal attempt by the federal government in its environmental protection role to prevent contamination from taking place, in contrast to costly clean-up or remediation programs. Among its several requirements, the program includes: …