Five state agencies will participate in the formation of a watershed management plan for the Buffalo National River, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Friday. The state departments of Environmental Quality, Health, Parks and Tourism, Agriculture, and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission will form the Buffalo River Action Committee. That committee, with the help of a $107,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will hire an engineer to assist in analyzing existing data and developing a plan to protect the Buffalo River.
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