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MEDFORD – Harvest time for illegal marijuana gardens planted deep in remote areas of national forests is approaching, and police are readying to contend with the armed guards who increasingly protect such operations.
Any hiker who stumbles on such a garden should not stop to investigate or, worse, partake, officials said. Instead, they are asked to leave the woods and notify police immediately.
Unlike pot growers in the past who had smaller gardens, today's growers may have large gardens of 1,000 to 10,000 plants, as well as armed and violent guards, officials said.
The effort to eradicate pot-growing operations on federal land in California has pushed the growers to other sites, including Oregon, in hopes that they won't be detected, U.S. Forest Service Officer Lee Fox said. About 5,000 marijuana plants were discovered in three large gardens in the Rogue River, Siskiyou and Umpqua forests last year, resulting in 14 felony arrests, Fox said.
Statesman Journal
August 26, 2004
Copyright 2004 Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon
https://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=85716
Any hiker who stumbles on such a garden should not stop to investigate or, worse, partake, officials said. Instead, they are asked to leave the woods and notify police immediately.
Unlike pot growers in the past who had smaller gardens, today's growers may have large gardens of 1,000 to 10,000 plants, as well as armed and violent guards, officials said.
The effort to eradicate pot-growing operations on federal land in California has pushed the growers to other sites, including Oregon, in hopes that they won't be detected, U.S. Forest Service Officer Lee Fox said. About 5,000 marijuana plants were discovered in three large gardens in the Rogue River, Siskiyou and Umpqua forests last year, resulting in 14 felony arrests, Fox said.
Statesman Journal
August 26, 2004
Copyright 2004 Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon
https://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=85716
