Homeless evictions move ahead on Central Oregon federal forest ( Kathryn Styer Martínez )
After local officials banned camping in urban areas, rural sites swelled. Now, the U.S. Forest Service is cracking down. The U.S. Forest Service closed about 26,000 acres of the Deschutes National Forest on Thursday after homelessness advocates unsuccessfully attempted to delay the project’s start. Forest Service officials have said they need to clear vegetation in …