Natural rap to ease the river blues?

The town of Saratoga was faced with two options to repair and correct the North Platte River running through Saratoga.

The first option was to do nothing, according to a grant application. The second option – fix two eroding sections of the river.

The town decided to seek funding, conduct surveys, make a plan to repair two banks and explore rechanneling the river through town, said Chuck Bartlett, town engineer and public works director.

Although the proposed date of actual construction is the spring or fall of 2014, the town has a general idea of how to fix the river, Bartlett said.

Without a...