Illegal cannabis grow sites in Northern California are destroying the ecosystem via TheGrowthOp
It may be “just” a plant, but cannabis grow sites in the forests of Northern California are an insidious and increasing threat from which the local environment might never recover.
The grows are particularly common in a region known as the Emerald Triangle in Northern California that includes Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt counties and comprises part of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.Officials say the number of plants removed by the Forest Service in Trinity County last year added up to over a million, versus 19 years ago when it was just over 1,000–and the consequences to wildlife have been devastating.
Wengert and Gabriel authored a study 2012 in about and another in 2018 about the disturbing levels of wildlife necropsies that test positive for high levels of toxic pesticides.
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