Forest Rangers Confiscate 116 Marijuana Plants on State Lands

[Jim Finnel]

Central New York - Forest Rangers located and confiscated 116 marijuana plants on state lands this season in six Central New York counties.

According to Department of Environmental Conservation Regional Director Ken Lynch, the plants, which totaled in over 650 pounds of product, were removed from potential sale and distribution.

Marijuana plants were found on five state forests and one wildlife management area in the CNY counties.

The DEC found them on Region 7, an area which covers Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, and Tompkins counties.

Sites producing marijuana were found in six of the nine counties in the region.

Forest Rangers take a proactive approach to marijuana eradication from state lands for several reasons:

- Marijuana can be considered an invasive species which disrupts the natural eco-system on state lands

- Marijuana growing sites could present a hazard to the public groups and DEC employees who may encounter them. Marijuana growers are engaged in criminal activity and may take steps to harm intruders to their operations, including rigging booby-traps.

Plots are typically located through tips from the public, or by using search techniques to scour habitats conducive to cannabis growing.

Forest Rangers work with state and county drug task forces to exchange information on grow sites, and persons of interest associated with the grow sites.


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[SnowBender]

bummer.
but 5.6 pounds per plant shows some nice NY green thumbs live in them thar hills.

 

[matanuska1]

But you have to consider the cops weigh the whole plant roots and all for there numbers. It has been like that forever. that way 25lbs turns into 650 and it looks great for the papers and budget hearings!

 

[basementdwell]

Marijuana can be considered an invasive species which disrupts the natural eco-system on state lands

Why so the deer dont eat it and get a high on, b4 trying to cross the roads

 

[SnowBender]

But you have to consider the cops weigh the whole plant roots and all for there numbers. It has been like that forever. that way 25lbs turns into 650 and it looks great for the papers and budget hearings!

if anything exaggerating the weight makes prohibition seem even sillier to the masses. "Those hill-billies grew 650 pounds and no one even got hurt? Gee Mildred, maybe we should try growing some ganja next year too?"