http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/05/27/1618911/california-state-parks-closure.html
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Posted: 6:45 pm Friday, May. 27, 2011
Some state parks on governor's list can't legally be closed
By Paul Rogers | San Jose Mercury News
"This funding is a grant to the state, like a contract," said Jon Jarvis, director of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C. "It is linked directly to the deed of these lands. It says the state makes a commitment to provide these place for public use in perpetuity. To not do that is essentially a breach of that contract."
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/joint-ventures-trish-regan/1026979896
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But according to the program, every American is an unpaid, unwitting party to the process: pot gardens have been established by outlaw growers in national parks and other public lands, where an estimated 70 percent of domestic, outdoor marijuana is now grown. Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it." —FRAZIER MOORE, Associated Press"A...
http://www.examiner.com/backpacking-in-fresno/52-million-marijuana-plants-eradicated-sequoia-national-park
Excerpt: Oct. 6, 2010
Excerpt: Oct. 6, 2010
The National Park Service announced today that an illegal marijuana plot was removed by rangers in nearby Sequoia National Park on Wednesday, September 29th. According to a report submitted by Public Affairs Specialist Dana Dierkes, the plot contained 13,077 plants worth more than $52 million. Rangers also found environmental hazards at the site, including trash, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.
The cultivation of marijuana on public lands is a long-standing problem. The first farm on public lands was discovered in Sequoia National Park in 1998. The park had more pot farms than any other in 2005, according to an article in the "Los Angeles Times." Since then, these farms have become more prolific in national parks as well as on national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands, many of which draw Fresno backpackers with their close proximity to the city.
Statistics
The U.S. Forest Service reports that 8 of the 10 national forests that led the nation in marijuana eradication in 2002 and 2003 were in California. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials saw a 37 percent increase in production on public lands between 2004 and 2007. In 2008, California agencies destroyed nearly 4.4 million plants—70 percent of them were growing on public lands, an increase of 12 percent from 2004.
Sequoia National Park isn't the only wilderness area near Fresno where pot farm activity is taking place. In late August, rangers and other officials raided a plot near the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the Sierra National Forest, recovering $14.6 million in plants and processed marijuana. Another grow valued at $19 million was discovered in Yosemite in 2009.
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The cultivation of marijuana on public lands is a long-standing problem. The first farm on public lands was discovered in Sequoia National Park in 1998. The park had more pot farms than any other in 2005, according to an article in the "Los Angeles Times." Since then, these farms have become more prolific in national parks as well as on national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands, many of which draw Fresno backpackers with their close proximity to the city.
Statistics
The U.S. Forest Service reports that 8 of the 10 national forests that led the nation in marijuana eradication in 2002 and 2003 were in California. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, officials saw a 37 percent increase in production on public lands between 2004 and 2007. In 2008, California agencies destroyed nearly 4.4 million plants—70 percent of them were growing on public lands, an increase of 12 percent from 2004.
Sequoia National Park isn't the only wilderness area near Fresno where pot farm activity is taking place. In late August, rangers and other officials raided a plot near the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park in the Sierra National Forest, recovering $14.6 million in plants and processed marijuana. Another grow valued at $19 million was discovered in Yosemite in 2009.
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Medical Marijuana Cartoon
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Medical Marijuana Cartoon
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