Donated material softens situation

Furthering their efforts to make the north baseball field an actual game ready facility next summer, the Moorcroft Town Council is working with RHEX of Wright, WY to truck an as-yet-undetermined number of tons of unused proppant material to the Westview Park, more than enough to cover the infield.

The advantage of laying this product is, according to Mayor Ben Glenn, “[The ground] won’t be such a hard surface, it will be a little more granular so it’s a little softer.”

Proppants are composed of sand or similar particulates used in fracking. These unused materials are inert and safe for a myriad of other uses.

The mayor advocated other uses for the donated material, “It’ll be a great product to be used anywhere we might need it down by the field – a little bit for parking or anything like that. Maybe address some of the playground stuff…I’m really not sure what all the uses will be, but we’re going to try a little bit on the diamond there…and make it a little easier on the kids.”

While this effort is still in the planning stage, Glenn anticipates the realization to start after the conclusion of this summer’s season.

He stated that the governing body is considering ten truckloads of the product to be delivered by the company and will only “cost us a little bit of fuel” as RHEX trucks will drop off product on their return trips.

This product is not a mitigating factor for the problematic goatheads on the field, Glenn said, but is predicted to further upgrade the area.