“Having to be moved like cattle is ridiculous.” Hundreds ponder what’s next as city-sanctioned homeless camping is expected to end

Narissa Dieterich and Anthony Mignogna play with a puppy at their campsite in Wallace Marine Park on Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Confusion was in the air at two Salem parks Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

Since March of last year, the city of Salem had allowed camping in Wallace Marine Park and Cascades Gateway Parks to prevent the spread of Covid among the city’s homeless population. The arrangement gave hundreds of houseless people…