Park board talks beavers, garbage, improvements

Along with approving a cabin transfer and improvements to three cabins on Beaver Creek Park during its monthly meeting Monday, the Hill County Park Board heard about and discussed a variety of topics.

The discussion included efforts to reduce damage by beavers on their namesake county park, more about a new garbage truck the park employees will be using and about a fundraising effort by a new group established to help fund improvements at the park.

One of the first topics was the number of beavers in the park, the trees they are chewing down, and a suggestion by John Keeley that the number of...