31.38 Miles of Irrigation Hose and More Cleaned Up From Trespass Marijuana Grows

Shasta-Trinity National Forest marijuana illegal grow sitePress release from the Shasta-Trinity National Forest:

Law Enforcement and Investigations (LEI) on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest completed a marijuana grow site reclamation operation focused on sites in Trinity County that affected the South Fork of the Trinity River.  The operation was funded by the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Regional Office with resources set aside strictly for marijuana grow site clean ups.

“These grow sites were in remote locations and were difficult to access, making remediation efforts challenging and costly,” explained Patrol Captain Carson Harris. “The sites are far from roads, and because they contain toxic pesticides and other hazardous materials, HAZMAT protocols must be followed.”

In February 2018, LEI, assisted by Integral Ecology Research Center (IERC) and the Watershed Research and Training Center, were able to collect grow infrastructure into pre-staged sling load sites at eight different marijuana grows for removal with a helicopter at a later date. “To reduce the grow site impacts and discourage illegal growers from returning, we remove all the infrastructure. If we leave it intact, growers will return and reuse the same sites,” said Harris.Shasta-Trinity National Forest marijuana illegal grow site
From May 7 through May 11, LEI, assisted by IERC, the Watershed Center, Trinity County Resource Conservation District, Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, California Department of Justice (Siskiyou Major Investigation Team and North State Marijuana Investigation Team) and California National Guard performed reclamation on the eight pre-staged marijuana grows. They were able to reclaim four additional marijuana grow sites as well.

Shasta-Trinity National Forest marijuana illegal grow site “We used helicopters to air-lift tons of garbage and miles of irrigation piping. The team removed 950 pounds of fertilizer, 30 pounds of hazardous materials including pesticides, 24 propane tanks, 12 car batteries and 31.38 miles of irrigation hose. The total weight of infrastructure removed from the sites was 21,895 pounds,” stated Harris.

Law Enforcement and Investigations is pleased to report that this operation restored 95 percent of the 69 acres of land involved in these grow sites. This operation could not have been successful without the support and dedication from our cooperating agencies and partners. LEI on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest is committed to reclaiming our national forest system land and striving to preserve our natural resources for the public and for generations to come.

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Big louie
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Big louie
5 years ago

No arrests wtf i hope this does not end up in the landfills

Matt
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Matt
5 years ago
Reply to  Big louie

Hey big Louie, it was a reclamation. That means clean up. Not a raid

Silverlining
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Silverlining
5 years ago

Too bad you can’t throw pipe in a chipper.
I’ve cleaned up a lot of old line and you can drag it pretty easy as long as there are no clamps on it.
Some dumps require you cut it into small sections.
I throw old chicken wire into landslides and blowouts to try to get something for the dirt and regrowth to settle into.
You can hook pipe up to a vehicle and drag it forever.

Local
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Local
5 years ago

That is a pretty exact measurement of poly pipe …

Mark
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Mark
5 years ago
Reply to  Local

That jumped out at me too…

Lone ranger
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Lone ranger
5 years ago
Reply to  Local

Not really, rounded to nearest 50 ft

Local
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Local
5 years ago
Reply to  Lone ranger

5280′ in a mile … 165686.4′ in 31.38 miles … seems pretty exact too me

Lone ranger
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Lone ranger
5 years ago
Reply to  Local

Was rounded to the nearest hundredth, so that is give or take 50 ft

Bluehaired Hillbetty
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Bluehaired Hillbetty
5 years ago

These trespass grows are all over them thar hills. We used to find them all the time during our timber sale tree plantation inventories for the Forest Service back in the 80’s. Some times it was a little scary because the grow was still in operation. Just back away slowly…….

PR Attempt
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PR Attempt
5 years ago

I wonder if any of the grow materials would have been left if Law Enforcement hadnt busted the grow…… time to clean up and restored destroyed logging lands, way worse environmental degradation…… this is just a PR attempt…..

Guest
Guest
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5 years ago
Reply to  PR Attempt

Yes. Never seen a site cleaned up at all.

Local
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Local
5 years ago

The 3 million cash they recently confiscated would just about cover this operation

Just Saying
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Just Saying
5 years ago
Reply to  Local

Yep. Nice haul that was.

Mike
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Mike
5 years ago

What? Rogue pot growers not being stalward stewards of the ecology? Who woulda’ thunk….

Shel
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Shel
5 years ago

Too bad they couldn’t donate/recycle that drip to community gardens, food bank gardens or senior/low income families.

Tall Trees
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Tall Trees
5 years ago
Reply to  Shel

Maybe they can.

Just Me
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Just Me
5 years ago
Reply to  Shel

That’s what I was thinking! Should be a good way to reuse all that hose line……

Ann D.
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Ann D.
5 years ago
Reply to  Shel

Excellent idea, i was just trying to tbink of someway to re-cycle/purpose it.
Good thinking !..

Matt
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Matt
5 years ago
Reply to  Shel

Hey shel. It’s full of neurotoxins and very bad pesticides

Just Saying
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Just Saying
5 years ago

Thank goodness there are resources to take this crap away from our precious landscapes. The grow industry is so heavily invested in plastic.

Chameleon
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Chameleon
5 years ago

This is just appalling. Some people think that law enforcement should just drop confiscating from grows, but this shows why they can’t. Makes me sick.

los pepes
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los pepes
5 years ago

Isnt it wonderful what the DACA and DREAMERS have done to our local hills.Time to deport their asses back to el salvador.and mexico.deport the addicts with them.

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  los pepes

Hey, lots of these scenes look Mexican but have local bosses.

Esme
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Esme
5 years ago
Reply to  los pepes

Can we send the racists, too? And anyone ignorant of how the DACA program works. Sounds like a plan.

Anon Forrest
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5 years ago
Reply to  Esme

Thank you.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Esme

Esme, you confuse national origin with race. It certainly sells an agenda to scream “racists” rather that “legalists.” “Racist” put the burden of illegal immigration on the person objecting while a “legalists” might actually have a point, even if you don’t like it.

shak
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shak
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Thank you.

Kirsten
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Kirsten
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Kirsten

Tell that to the guard in the jail. Being human is not the illegal part . Illegal is the description of nature of the objectionable actions in which the human is engaged. Like murderer, thief, Jay walker… but you knew that.

Divide by Zero
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Divide by Zero
5 years ago
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“Can we send the racists, too? And anyone ignorant of how the DACA program works. Sounds like a plan.”

OK, but don’t forget La Raza which translates to “the race”.

Soon-to-be Former Supervisor Ryan Dumberg
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Soon-to-be Former Supervisor Ryan Dumberg
5 years ago
Reply to  los pepes

Blaming DACA & Dreamers based upon what? Based upon nothing factual [edit] And while you’re deporting people, don’t forget to deport Traitor Trump to Russia while you’re at it. 🇷🇺

CoveTroll
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CoveTroll
5 years ago

Ooohhh. Nooo not you again!😩

Cnnstinks
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Cnnstinks
5 years ago

Trump is crushing it..I know your crying inside..all collusion points to Hillary..nothing on Trump sorry..😁as I type cities in California are dropping out of sanctuary cities..😁wake up

PR Attempt
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PR Attempt
5 years ago
Reply to  los pepes

Yeah, lots of illegals working in the woods….. in our local timber industry, everyone knows when illegal workers get killed logging, the local gyppo loggers just leave them in the woods…. why no cleanup of erosion from corporate logging operations??? Thjs is smoke and mirrors

Z
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Z
5 years ago

Matt, what are names of some of the neurotoxins that are commonly used? I propagate perennials & shrubs for 2 diff non-profits, including a school garden. If I find a stack of pots, I use them to cut my costs. (I donate everything.) Thnx

local observer
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local observer
5 years ago
Reply to  Z

matt seems to think they mix the rat poison and pesticides with the water storage before siphoning it down the 31 miles of drip line. matt is incorrect.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
5 years ago

If the growers will return,mark it and investigate the trap

Mobius Moggie
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Mobius Moggie
5 years ago

Thanks to all who cleaned up this mess. All that crap in our forest lands!!! Makes me so mad.

shak
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shak
5 years ago

Biblical dictionary: TRESPASS

tres’-pas:

To pass over, to go beyond one’s right in place or act; to injure another; to do that which annoys or inconveniences another; any violation of law, civil or moral; it may relate to a person, a community, or the state, or to offenses against God.

Legal Dictionary: Trespass
An unlawful intrusion that interferes with one’s person or property.

Tort Law originated in England with the action of trespass. Initially trespass was any wrongful conduct directly causing injury or loss; in modern law trespass is an unauthorized entry upon land. A trespass gives the aggrieved party the right to bring a civil lawsuit and collect damages as compensation for the interference and for any harm suffered. Trespass is an intentional tort and, in some circumstances, can be punished as a crime.

Free Dictionary: tres·pass (trĕs′pəs, -păs′)
intr.v. tres·passed, tres·pass·ing, tres·pass·es
1. Law To commit an unlawful injury to the person, property, or rights of another, with actual or implied force or violence, especially to enter onto another’s land wrongfully.
2. To infringe on the privacy, time, or attention of another: “I must … not trespass too far on the patience of a good-natured critic” (Henry Fielding).
3. To commit an offense or a sin; transgress or err.
n. (trĕs′păs′, -pəs)
1. Law
a. The act of trespassing.
b. A suit brought for trespassing.
2. An intrusion or infringement on another.
3. The transgression of a moral or social law, code, or duty. See Synonyms at breach.

Hillbilly Lou
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Hillbilly Lou
5 years ago

The waterline can be flushed out and reused, save people from paying 35 cents a foot for new line.

john
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john
5 years ago

It could also be turned back in to oil,like this;

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-turned-plastic-bottles-and-bags-into-liquid-fuel

or this;

http://www.instructables.com/id/Waste-Plastic-to-Fuel/

Then there wouldn’t be any buried in a landfill.

Garberville Vagrant Dingleberry Underpants
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Garberville Vagrant Dingleberry Underpants
5 years ago

They musta went to daisy days!