Construction crews are widening and lowering structures in the Animas River that create rapids at the Durango Whitewater Park at Santa Rita Park. The goal of the work is to make the rapids less powerful and safer. Last spring, high water from an early runoff forced construction crews out of the river.
Construction crews are widening and lowering structures in the Animas River that create rapids at the Durango Whitewater Park at Santa Rita Park. The goal of the work is to make the rapids less powerful and safer. Last spring, high water from an early runoff forced construction crews out of the river.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald