VANCOUVER, Wash. (KOIN) — Peter Bracchi lives near Arnold Park in Vancouver, the area between the West Minnehaha and Rose Village neighborhoods. He cares about the land and the park.

He also cares what may happen to Arnold Park if a homeless issue isn’t addressed.

“It’s finally to the point, when you look at this, it’s environmental terrorism,” Bracchi told KOIN 6 News. “This area has been degraded by garbage, human feces, and you can’t go back there to the springs.”

Behind signs that state, “Keep out, environmental sensitive area” there is plastic, waste and burn scars from a fire easily visible.

Bracchi said it’s all because of the homeless issue that’s gone unchecked.

Peter Bracchi lives near Arnold Park in Vancouver, September 11, 2018 (KOIN)

“What is happening is we are having large camps or communities established. The land is getting degraded from packing it down, cutting trees, starting campfires,” he told KOIN 6 News. “We’ve had numerous fires, large collections of garbage, large sites of human fecal accumulations, and this is all in an area that is protected by the critical area ordinance.”

After reaching out to Vancouver leadership and exploring as many options as he can, Bracchi said he’s hoping for a fix, a resolution.

“I can’t use the park. I can’t tell you how many days that I haven’t been able to use the park,” he said. “You look at the city codes and this area is protected from loss of use. That is simple for the animals, the fish and the people. There should be no activities in this area that cause loss of use.”

KOIN 6 News reached out to Vancouver officials for comment, but have not recieved a response at this time.