Comments on: Rangers Bust Marijuana Growers http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/ The Insiders Guide to Yosemite Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: admin http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-28135 admin Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:33:10 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-28135 Thanks for the comment Rachel. I was born and raised on a farm along the Tuolumne where people were always trying to grow marijuana and I can honestly say, if you haven't seen what a large operation does or the means they use to cultivate their plants it's hard to comprehend. These aren't your neighbor growing a plant in his closet, these are hardcore growers maximizing profit. They leave plastic jugs full of chemical fertilizers in piles. Most have the lids off and the chemicals are making a stew in puddles on the ground. They use pesticides that are so dangerous we quit using them in the 80's. They dig trenches and divert water. They'd break off sprinkler heads and run hoses to their plants from our fields not to mention the piles of garbage they'd leave. Old matresses they slept on, papers, wrappers, cans, cases and cases of beer cans. All of this for someone else to clean up. Thanks for the comment Rachel. I was born and raised on a farm along the Tuolumne where people were always trying to grow marijuana and I can honestly say, if you haven’t seen what a large operation does or the means they use to cultivate their plants it’s hard to comprehend. These aren’t your neighbor growing a plant in his closet, these are hardcore growers maximizing profit.

They leave plastic jugs full of chemical fertilizers in piles. Most have the lids off and the chemicals are making a stew in puddles on the ground. They use pesticides that are so dangerous we quit using them in the 80’s. They dig trenches and divert water. They’d break off sprinkler heads and run hoses to their plants from our fields not to mention the piles of garbage they’d leave. Old matresses they slept on, papers, wrappers, cans, cases and cases of beer cans. All of this for someone else to clean up.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-27944 Rachel Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:32:13 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-27944 Marijuana is natural .. its a plant. How can you say that cultivating a plant destroys the environment? Really, you're just falling into the traps of the "War on Drugs" and its sad that you want to waste money trying to stop people from growing plants instead of stopping people from making meth labs or raping little girls. Come on ... Marijuana is natural .. its a plant. How can you say that cultivating a plant destroys the environment? Really, you’re just falling into the traps of the “War on Drugs” and its sad that you want to waste money trying to stop people from growing plants instead of stopping people from making meth labs or raping little girls. Come on …

]]> By: Georgia http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-26296 Georgia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:28:28 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/08/14/rangers-bust-marijuana-growers/#comment-26296 Greetings, gorgeous site - thank you for it! Re this topic, I'm personally VERY outraged that ecological destruction is done in Yosemite and elsewhere for growing pot. If you smoke it, be sure you know your sources. I've been deeply fortunate & grateful to love Yosemite since May 12, 1956 at age 3 1/2 and like other feel very protective. This is a problem elsewhere as well... Meanwhile, thanks again and I hope to share some photos some time. Greetings, gorgeous site - thank you for it! Re this topic, I’m personally VERY outraged that ecological destruction is done in Yosemite and elsewhere for growing pot. If you smoke it, be sure you know your sources. I’ve been deeply fortunate & grateful to love Yosemite since May 12, 1956 at age 3 1/2 and like other feel very protective. This is a problem elsewhere as well… Meanwhile, thanks again and I hope to share some photos some time.

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