Posted on 08/29/2009 8:11:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
Pot garden discovered in Calif. national park
Rangers close popular section of park to visitors to destroy marijuana
Gary Kazanjian / AP [Pic in URL] A ranger is shown in Crystal Cave during a marijuana eradication operation in Sequoia National Park, Calif. on Aug. 27. Authorities said the proximity of the pot plants to such a heavily trafficked tourist site was unusual and reflects a newfound boldness among growers, who are now planting marijuana near trails and access roads at an increasing number of parks.
Aug 28, 2009 SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A section of this Sierra Nevada national park was closed to visitors Thursday while rangers helicoptered in to destroy a sizable marijuana growing operation just a half-mile away from a crystal-filled cave popular with tourists.
Authorities said the proximity of the pot plants to such a heavily trafficked tourist site was unusual and reflects a newfound boldness among growers, who are now planting marijuana near trails and access roads at an increasing number of parks.
"We've really seen an expansion of the types of sites where people are growing marijuana," said Scott Wanek, chief ranger for the Pacific West region of the National Park Service. "There are some that are very close to trails and much closer to where visitors are."
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We should destroy as much of this as we can so that there will be job increases in mexico.
Calm down, Deputy Fife. The solution to your mystery is called "bored teenagers on holiday."
The Santa Barbara fire was caused by pot growers, wasn’t it?
In 2007, guess what the number 8 Cash Crop in the State of Washington was??
That’s right, Ganja; a great deal of it grown within the confines of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. And that’s after Authorities seized over 300,000 plants that year...
Sounds like an unusual measure of laziness rather than boldness.
Hopey Changey Smokey.
Its not like this is new, the hippies have been doing it for over 30 years.
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