BUTTE — This is a campfire pit at a homeless encampment near a walking trail and a city park. Some Butte officials say Butte needs and ordinance addressing urban camping, while others say the root causes of this problem are far more complex.

“My own daughter was here, Fourth of July, and we walked on that trail with the two granddaughters, and she was scared half to death,” said Sid DeBarathy at a Aug. 27 th Council of Commissioner’s meeting.

Commissioner Trudy Healy showed pictures at a recent commission meeting of the litter found at a campsite along the walking trail near Father Sheehan Park near Blacktail Creek. Healy has been trying to convince the city to adopt an ban on urban camping or just enforce laws already in place.

“There are ordinance for littering, for camping, then wh

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