Environmental
Jul. 3, 2012
Prosecutors target environmental damage from marijuana cultivation
As the environmental toll from marijuana cultivation grows, law enforcement at the state and federal level are stepping up efforts to attack the problem.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In recent years, drug kingpins have been sending their minions out to grow vast amounts of marijuana on public lands from Yosemite National Park to Mendocino forests to open space near San Jose.
In the process they create environmental disaster zones - felling trees, transforming pristine creeks into pesticide-laden irrigation ponds and poaching wildlife. Catching these people is difficult and dangerou...
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