Park Board hears about beaver monitoring

The Hill County Park Board heard an update Monday about ecological monitoring at Beaver Creek Park, including work looking at the beaver population there.

Lou Hagener, who has been working with people on monitoring different aspects of the park, said he has been working on identifying how many beaver dams are in the park and what their impact is.

Hagener said he started a survey in May as he had been looking at the stream health through various methods along with beaver monitoring and trying to find a way to monitor both.

“It is the health of the stream that we need to focus on,” Hag...