On January 4, 2016, Ross presented a CLE entitled "Rulemaking to Prohibit Swine CAFOs in the Buffalo River Watershed: Recent Changes in Legislative Oversight of Agency Rulemakings." Members of the Washington County Bar Association learned about the third-party rulemaking brought by the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Ozark Society which, as of August 29, 2015, prohibits the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality from considering permits for medium and large swine

Ross Noland recently reprised his role as Professor Noland at the University of Arkansas School of Law at Fayetteville, teaching an intercession course on Environmental Torts. This course, which he has taught before, covers many of his specialized areas of practice, including environmental property damage due to negligence, tresspass, or nuissance. Ross is a leading educator in the field of Arkansas Environmental Law, teaching future attorneys about the complex web of common