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Need to address the issue of growing pollution in the chain of lakes on the Upper White River - Beaver, Table Rock, Taneycomo and Bull Shoals.
Divided between two states :
Divided between two states 2+ Million acres
58% in AR - 42% in MO
1+ Million residents
54% in AR - 46% in MO
Shoreline longer than the Atlantic Coast
Ranked 13th in nation in danger from agricultural run-off
82% in cool season grass or deciduous forest
1 Million tons of poultry litter
Competing Interests:
Competing Interests Agriculture vs Tourism
vs Development Regulatory Authority: Two States Two EPA Regions Two NRCS Regions
Perspective:
Perspective “… one of the most beautiful and enchanting rivers which discharges their water into the Mississippi.” “Every pebble, rock, fish or floating body, either animate or inanimate , which occupies the bottom of the stream, is seen while passing over it with the most perfect accuracy ; and our canoe often seemed as it suspended in air; such is the remarkable transparency of the water.”
Henry Schoolcraft
White River at Bear Creek (Bull Shoals Lake)
January 9, 1819
Questions?:
Questions?