[pct-l] Mexican marijuana cartels sully U.S. forests, parks

[Will Hiltz]

Nothin wrong with being high.  Mt Whitney is high.



YITOOD,

Easy

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 8:41 PM, herbstroh at charter.net <
herbstroh at charter.net> wrote:

> Maybe that is why they call it the "high country."
>
> Original Message:
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> From: Brick Robbins brick at fastpack.com
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:32:23 -0700
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Mexican marijuana cartels sully U.S. forests, parks
>
>
> http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20081011-1206-potenvironment.html
>
> Excerpts
>
> PORTERVILLE – National forests and parks – long popular with Mexican
> marijuana-growing cartels – have become home to some of the most
> polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic
> chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides,
> federal officials said.
>
> ...
>
> Some popular parks also have suffered damage. In 2007, rangers found
> more than 20,000 plants in Yosemite National Park and 43,000 plants in
> Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, where 159 grow sites have been
> discovered over the past 10 years.
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