The plants were eradicated, and 35 cubic yards of trash were removed, park officials said.
Ten thousand marijuana plants and a highly toxic pesticide were found at an illegal growing site in Death Valley, park officials said.
The growers, realizing they had been discovered, abandoned the site. The plants were eradicated, and 35 cubic yards of trash was removed, park officials said. More than 20 illegal marijuana growing sites have been found in Death Valley National Park in the past decade, the officials said — including a 40-acre site found two years ago at Jail Canyon.
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