In 2004, authorities found a 53-year-old man and his 12-year-old daughter living in the park in a tarp-covered structure stocked with encyclopedias for homeschooling. They told police they had been living in the park for four years.[55] My Abandonment, a novel by Peter Rock, tells a story built around the incident.[56]
In 1951, a drought-related blaze started by a campfire burned 1,600 acres (650 ha) near the western end of the park.[57] In 2005, a reporter for The Oregonian newspaper interviewed biologists, conservationists, Parks and Recreation officials, and others about the health of Forest Park and its future prospects. Collectively they identified threats to the park: urban development that restricts the movement of wild animals and birds; overuse; invasive plants; loose dogs; fire risk; increasing rates of tree death; lack of rule enforcement, and lack of money.[58] In 2010, the city hired a full-time ranger assigned to Forest Park
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