Arrow Rock Public Information Meeting July 19 @ 5:00pm

The Columbia Tribune, Sunday, July 1, reported that CAFO debates prompt agency to call meeting. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has scheduled a July 19 meeting in the cafeteria of Marshall High School. The meeting would begin at 5 p.m., when invited organizations such as the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will staff information booths, said MDNR spokeswoman Renee Bungart. At 6:30, MDNR representatives will give a short presentation that gives an overview of how CAFOs work and how Dennis Gessling has proposed to operate his," she said. Dennis Gessling’s filed his CAFO application in January 2007 to construct a 4,800-head hog farm, in close proximity to Arrow Rock, a national historic landmark. Department representatives will be available to answer questions until 8 p.m. that night, according to a news release.

MDNR News Release No. 276, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING FOR GESSLING PERMIT JULY 19 IN MARSHALL