When Washington State closed the only public access park and boating facility for a 50-mile stretch along the Columbia River, a group of growers spearheaded efforts to reopen the park. Three years later, the nonprofit group is working to bring the park under county auspices and develop a master plan for its continuance. Crow Butte Park, near Paterson, Washington, was one of several parks closed in the fall of 2002 due to state budget shortfalls. The U.S. Corps of Engineers originally built the 1,300-acre park, with freshwater shoreline and swimming beach, boat basin and docks, and 50 full-hookup camping sites, […]