Photos: 100-Acre Wood Zone 1 gets cleared out
City officials began moving people out of Zone 1 inside Tucson's largest homeless camp early Thursday morning.
Police began notifying occupants about 5 a.m. that the clear-out was happening and that they'd need to leave the area known the 100-Acre Wood.
The clear-out area is on the north side of East Golf Links Road where it meets South Alvernon Way.
Clean-up crews begin clearing out shelters inside of Zone 1 in the 100-Acre Wood, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
Tucson Police Captain John Carlson removes caution tape from an encampment that was incorrectly placed inside of the Zone 1 clear out section, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
A woman uses a shopping cart to carry her belongings out of the 100-Acre Wood during the Zone 1 clear out, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
A group of community volunteers walk into the 100-Acre Wood encampment to provide displaced people with resources, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
A police man bikes over to a pair of people cleaning their space during the 100-Acre Wood Zone 1 clear-out, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
Clean-up crews begin clearing out shelters inside of the 100-Acre Wood, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
City of Tucson officials make their way into the 100-Acre Wood encampment, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
Two men converse while cleaning up their shelters located inside of the 100-Acre Wood encampment, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
Clean-up crews began clearing out shelters inside of the 100-Acre Wood on Thursday morning, 2801 South Alvernon Way, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2024.
Grace Trejo
Photojournalist
A portion of a huge homeless camp on Tucson's southeast side started to be cleared early Thursday morning to allow for soil and water testing.