An encampment at Anchorage's Davis Park is a window into the lives of people currently living unsheltered, and an illustration of the challenges the city faces in attempting to clear camps when alternatives are full or limited.
Residents of the camp call abatements cruel and pointless, saying they rebuild campsites nearby but lose all their belongings in the process.
Some encampments are encircled by fences made of fallen limbs and small trees, nailed and lashed together. Wild lupine blooms on the ground amid burn scars. Near one tent, two flower pots of pink fuchsia blossoms and purple pansies hang from the trees. There have been violent episodes at the camp, including an incident in April in which police found a man seriously assaulted in his tent and took him to the hospital, according to police records. Vaughan says he keeps Narcan, to counteract opioid overdoses, in his tent and makes sure everybody knows it’s available. He has personally administered Narcan to five or six people. He revived one woman three times, he said.Davis Park is bordered by military land.
Some at Davis Park say they’ve stayed at Sullivan Arena or other shelters but prefer to live outside.
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