Park board discusses haying and grazing, cattle, folf and stargazing

Editor’s note: This version corrects that Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean made the motion to approve a grazing variance.

A request by a Beaver Creek Park grazer led to an extended discussion by the Hill County Park Board at its monthly meeting Monday about the haying and grazing policies at the park, with an agreement to let the board’s Haying and Grazing Committee revisit those policies during its meeting in December.

Park Superintendent Chad Edgar told the board that due to the quality of forage in one section of the park, a grazer had asked if he could keep his cattle off this year wi...