Abstract:
An increase in the perceived numbers of homeless campers outstaying the 14-day limit on camping in Oregon's Willamette National Forest has led the U.S. Forest Service to consider its role in what is traditionally considered to be a social issue. Homelessness on publically owned rural land has not historically been an issue of extensive public attention; seemingly even less public policy has been directed to creating strategies that guide natural-resource managers and administrators in effectively navigating the intractable causes of homelessness and mitigating its effects on rural public lands.