CRESCANT CITY, Calif.– It’s not often that photos are shown of some of the impacts left from illegal marijuana grows, but that’s exactly was U.S. Forest Service officials did this week.
According to Forest Service officials within the Six Rivers National Forest, law enforcement officers, within the forest, and Forest Service partners at the Integral Ecology Research Center recently conducted reclamation operations on several illegal marijuana grow sites within the Six Rivers National Forest.
During the pan of four days, crews removed 5,580 pounds of trash from those sites, spanning across the Lower Trinity, Orleans, Ukonom, and Mad River Ranger Districts.
The U.S. Forest Service says that “Illegal marijuana grow sites on National Forest land pose problems for the public and the environment â with pesticides poisoning wildlife, soil, and water,” with researchers “frequently finding dead squirrels, bears, deer, and birds, and other animals killed by the pesticides used on these grow sites.”
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