The U.S. Forest Service in the predawn hours Thursday closed the gate leading to the Cabin Butte area of Deschutes National Forest and four forest service SUVs remained stationed beside it as about a dozen campers’ trailers and trucks parked along the road just outside the forest.

The U.S. Forest Service is evicting dozens of homeless people who have been living in a national forest in central Oregon for years so that it can start a wildfire prevention project.

The closure at Deschutes National Forest was for a fire-prevention project, but advocates worry the displaced will have nowhere to go.