Beaver Creek Park approaching peak season

With Beaver Creek Park usage reaching seasonal peak, Hill County Park Board members discussed Monday during their monthly meeting monitoring sites for a long-term ecological study, the headway of an in-progress walking trail and a customized fire pit ring project, among others topics.

“Our busiest month is upon us. June was absolutely crazy,” Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told board members Monday.

Board Chair Steve Mariani likened the park activity to a “beehive.”

Ursula Brese of Friends of Beaver Creek Park told members about the first of 16 customized fire pit rings that was recently built...