National Park Service law enforcement rangers, in cooperation with special agents from the Bureau of Land Management, removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in Sequoia National Park last week.
A total of 2,377 full-grown marijuana plants and approximately 2,000 pounds of trash and infrastructure were removed by hand and helicopter sling-load operations. The site also contained a semi-automatic pistol and several hazardous chemicals, including about one gallon of Methamidophos, a highly toxic insecticide banned in the United States since 2009.
Law enforcement rangers detected and raided this cultivation site in 2024, but the site was not rehabilitated until this year due to the presence of hazardous chemicals. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. Please call the NPS-wide Tip Line at 888-653-0009 with any tips on illegal cultivation on park land.
- Damage to the approximately 13-acre area includes:
- Diversion of the natural flow of water from a nearby creek and installation of irrigation lines
- Construction of several large pits to store diverted water from a nearby creek
- Significant clearing of natural vegetation
- Digging of terraces into the hillside for planting of marijuana
- Development of campsites, kitchen areas, and cultivation sites in a wilderness area
- Evidence of poaching activity
- Illegally maintained trails covering approximately two miles
Large marijuana cultivation sites can have major impacts on the Central Valley. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, a single marijuana plant uses six to eight gallons of water a day that would otherwise nurture wildlife and vegetation. In addition, water for personal use (drinking, bathing, cooking, etc.) and for crop irrigation travels from the mountains within Sequoia National Park to areas of the Central Valley. Runoff from large cultivation sites may be tainted due to the large variety of pesticides that are used in growing marijuana.
For almost two decades, well-organized drug-trafficking organizations have been operating large-scale cultivation operations in and around Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. These cultivation sites cause major damage to the parks’ natural resources and are a threat to public and staff safety. In the last 20 years, nearly 300,000 plants with a value of almost $850 million have been eradicated in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
Source: https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/news/rangers-remove-illegal-marijuana-cultivation-site-from-sequoia-national-park.htm
Source: https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/news/rangers-remove-illegal-marijuana-cultivation-site-from-sequoia-national-park.htm
Thank Goodness they got the chemical poison sheet out of Sequoia! MoFo Jerks. I hope whomever did that is caught, deported. fined and serves time where ever they came from.
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Delete50-50 hillbilly or forced labor
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Matenlos todos los vale madres a la verga!
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DeleteWow damage to “13 acres”
ReplyDeleteFires purposely ignites damage 10,000 acres, no one goes to jail, and there is no hotline.
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DeleteFire departments routinely set controlled fires that burn acres in order reduce fuel for wild fies. And, yes, nobody goes to jail because it's completely legal.
110 Nope. There are plenty that set fires up for a reason. I know CAL fire people since high school that have informed me of wrong doing. I do not want to mention a bunch of areas.c
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DeleteThanks. The damage mentioned in the article was caused by that illegal cultivators, so you're correct.
Met some guys from the Central Valley who did this every season as a field worker. Central Valley has many hidden weed fields hidden in forests or orchards
ReplyDeleteWhy waste everyone’s time with this non story? More weed comes in from Mexico every day than a hundred of these fields put together.
ReplyDeleteThen why do you waste your time commenting?
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Go do some chores, pick up your dirty clothes.
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I feel like kicking Nuffy in the butt.
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I want my money š° back.
Yeah cut and burn this shit Real Americans deserve good strong Fentanyl ala verga not motita
ReplyDelete543 Right. 13 Acres. Wow. Still have not addressed previous issue because of what? Spider mite pesticides. Ha ha.
Deleteit was 33 acres with 666 kilos caught.
DeleteWow that is crazy! 2,377 full grown plants, 2000 pounds of trash and 13 acres damaged!
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ReplyDeleteThat's true Midget Mijo.
DeleteIts a combination of the weed, the pesticides being used contaminating the land and water shed, the destruction of the land, the water that's being used, the wild life being killed because they are eating the pesticides, the trash being left behind by the growers, the camp fires being set by the people in the grows that are left behind to care for the plants and the potential for wildfires.
ReplyDeleteMan that’s every year,nothing new!
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