BEAVER -- Despite the fact that water came up over the Beaver Meadows side of the Beaver Bridge again over the weekend, cleanup of the Beaver RV Park has nevertheless been ongoing by small groups and individuals hoping for some way to open the park this season.

Due to recent heavy rains, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Beaver Mayor Duane Kriesel the water would come up to 928 feet, but no higher, as Beaver Dam releases excess flow.

"It was below 926," Kriesel said, "and they told me it won't go any higher than 928."

With the water at 926 feet, both ends of the Beaver Bridge have been dry, and local residents have been parking vehicles on either side of the bridge and crossing by foot to shorten the drive to Eureka Springs and points beyond.

"The water's up about four inches on that one end," Kriesel said, "but with the Corps saying it won't go above 928 -- it did come down about an inch yesterday -- I think we'll be able to walk across it again in a couple days."

In the meantime, area residents have been showing up to the Park and have begun cleanup of debris piles and trash. People have also come from Rogers, Madison County and Shell Knob, Mo., Kriesel said.

"It's amazing how many people have shown up or called me, asking what they can do. I said, 'Well, throw stuff in the trailer.'"

The large semi trailer has been donated by Newberry's Green Forest Products in Green Forest. It's a company that recycles yard, mulch and wood waste and processes it for resale to other companies that make composite material products.

Newberry's donation of the trailer was spurred by a love of the Park.

"My family has been going camping at Beaver for 20 years," said Denise Estepp. "Obviously we won't be able to do that this year, but it occurred to me that we could help, as the waste needing cleanup is the kind we handle. So I called the mayor to ask what we could do."

Work began last week on repairing the Beaver Bridge. The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department had crews out replacing timber hangers and tightening and replacing bolts.

They don't have an estimate for how long the work will take, but they have asked that people parking on the Beaver Meadows side park well beyond the stop sign to give room for their trucks to get close to the bridge.

Kriesel said he may call for a general work day once water levels are down to where he can see what has happened with the campsites. In the meantime, people are welcome to continue working on cleaning up debris.

"If people keep working on it a little at a time, by the time the water's down to normal (917 feet, the top of the summer generation pool), we'll have a big work day that will involve leveling out areas that have washed away. I have a guy who volunteered to bring in a front loader for dirt work."

Kriesel said people are welcome to call him if they want to come work on the Park. His cell number is (479) 244-6422.