Water Diversions and Impacts at Illegal Marijuana Grows on Bell Springs Road, Says CDFW
Water diversion on an illegal cannabis grow, according to CDFW who provided the photo.
Press release from CDFW. See also this report from MCSO:
On June 7, 2023, wildlife officers with the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) served three search warrants in the 5900 block of Bell Springs Road in Laytonville.
Support was provided by a CDFW Environmental Scientist, Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force and the State Water Resources Control Board.
Prior to serving the search warrants, a thorough records check was conducted on the properties to determine what steps may have been taken to secure a county permit or state license. In this case, no permit or state license on the sites to cultivate commercial cannabis were obtained.
The sites were located on Twin Rocks Creek and its tributaries, in the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed. CDFW has documented many species of concern in this watershed including coho salmon, Chinook salmon, steelhead, pacific lamprey, red-bellied newt and foothill yellow legged frog.
Several environmental violations and impacts were observed on the sites, which included:
– Two water diversions on a tributary to Twin Rocks Creek
– Five hoop houses constructed directly within streams, which were graded to accommodate the operation’s buildings
– Remnants of a landslide, caused by poor road design and maintenance, delivering sediment into a stream
– Unpermitted and improperly installed stream crossings constricting stream channels and delivering sediment
Over 5,900 illegal cannabis plants were eradicated. This is an on-going investigation. No other information is available at this time.
Marijuana in a greenhouse on an illegal cannabis grow. [Photo provided by CDFW]
Earlier:
- Early Morning CDFW Convoy in Bell Springs
- Polluted Waterways, a Dozen Guns: Cannabis Grows Eradicated in Redwood Valley and Bell Springs Tied to Drug Trafficking Organizations, Says MCSO
- Mendocino Serves Search Warrants at Nine Properties, Says MCSO
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“5900 block of Bell Springs Road”…”Over 5900 plants…” This just looks like lazy plant counting to me
How does the 5900 block of Bell Springs’ water make it over to Twin Rocks Creek?! That must be one helluva pump!
They will use pumps and several water tanks along the way as staging spots. Pushing the water line with Easy Flow/Jet in line passive pumps. Can move water MILES upon miles this way.
Farce just doesn’t know where the 5900 block of bell springs road is
Ram pump not shown in pics.
So the land it mine I’m paying taxes for the property and somehow the county will decide if I can grow or not ! We are all the same for the land as long you have land and you don’t do violations like garbage or smth bad you should be able to grow whatever you want on your property! Who the …. Give you the power so you can decide what I can do ! Go F yourself
We don’t own our property we rent it from the government don’t pay your property taxes and see what happens. Your exactly right your thought process is too honest and pure for the government to grasp we need to take our country back from bullshit socialist woke politicians that want to make slaves of us we have a uni-party that does not care about us. All politicians suck d…k.
Busting weed didn’t start with “socialist woke politicians”!
You just show up from Florida?
Book em Danno…
Marijuana is not legal.
Taxation is important.
They built a greenhouse in a creek? Where’s that picture?