I seem to remember a few years ago that perhaps city workers started going into the woods & dragging out all the gear & property & it being dumped. I seem to recall that city workers were going in the woods & cutting all the low bush, etc. so that camps would be more visible. I haven't seen this happening in a long time. I was told by some homeless people I had the occasion to know they don't like the rules staying in a shelter. Plus there is some policy that causes them to be out on the street for a month about every two months. I don't understand that at all, but it's true. I'd almost rather have a big field of sorts for everyone to set up a tent so they could be monitored, but I guess that won't work bkaz there would be rules. I did go to a coalition meeting to work on the issue (www.anchoragehomeless.org) last week to see if they were just talking or actually had some momentum to correct the issue. Would anyone like to volunteer to help and be part of the solution?

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