Mark Aaron Gatz, 65, was arrested on June 25 at his makeshift campsite in the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona, court records show.

A man who was apparently living in an Arizona national forest for eight years was found in an encampment surrounded by 1,000 pounds of trash, according to officials.

Mark Aaron Gatz had been warned about the trash and about building illegal fires before he was arrested, according to court documents.