Nearly Two Tons of Garbage Removed From Wetlands Encampments West of Broadway in Eureka
Photos: EPD
Eureka Police Department press release:
On Thursday, August 15, 2019, the Eureka Police Department’s Community
Safety Enhancement Team (CSET), working in partnership with the
Problem-Oriented Policing Unit (POP), California Department of Fish &
Wildlife, and City of Eureka Code Enforcement, along with workers from
Uplift Eureka, Eureka Rescue Mission, and Betty Kwan Chinn’s Day Center,
conducted a clean-up operation to remove ten vacated illegal encampments
located within a greenbelt area west of Broadway, Eureka.
The
encampments were noticed for removal well in advance of the operation.
This collaborative effort, which included 17 Uplift Eureka program
volunteers, removed 1.77 tons of garbage from this sensitive wetlands area.
One of the abandoned encampments was connected to significant
environmental damage including the digging of an approximately 30’ x 15’ x
10’ deep pond. In addition to the clean-up efforts, several non-profit social
service providers were also on scene to conduct outreach to any homeless
persons present.