On the day last year the U.S. Forest Service evicted hundreds of homeless people from national forest land just outside Bend, Oregon, Chris Walston was in the hospital. Walston had been living in a sprawling encampment in the Deschutes National Forest — known by its residents and locals as “China Hat” after the access road that […]
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‘I Lost It All’: Residents of Bend Homeless Camp Say Forest Service Blew Off Calls, Appointments to Reclaim Lost Property
Former residents of one of Oregon’s largest homeless encampments say they lost cars, work tools, irreplaceable family photos and other items