Board again stops effort to assess Beaver Creek Park resources

It happened again for at least the third time since 2014. The Hill County Park Board or the Hill County commissioners have squashed an effort to secure an up-to-date natural resources assessment for the Beaver Creek watershed or Beaver Creek Park. This time it was voted down to even look into arranging some support to do an assessment.

The reason offered this time seems to be fear of undefined “strings attached” or “free money.” Yet, Beaver Creek Park regularly goes after grants and funds for infrastructure and other projects that do have strings attached. Concern about strings attached is a l...