Camas Scout helps revitalize historic Washougal park

Camas High School senior Harris Royer, 17, needed to find an Eagle Scout project. Parker’s Landing Historical Park in Washougal needed some work done. Now, both of those needs have been met.

Royer, a member of the Camas-based Boy Scout Troop 562, and several of his Scout friends spent a significant amount of their summer vacation revitalizing the historical Washougal park — removing grass that had blocked the Apple Tree Heritage Grove’s access to water, enlarging the bark ring that surrounds the trees by two feet, adding bricks to the trees and refinishing the park’s garden shed.