Weather could drive marijuana growers to lower elevations
Officials warn outdoor enthusiasts to be careful when in remote areas
By Tom Vogt, Columbian
Science, Military & History Reporter
Published: May 30, 2011, 5:00pm
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A helicopter airlifts a bundle of marijuana to a truck as a multiagency team busts a remote marijuana-growing operation in Skamania County in 2009.Photo Gallery
It’s been a cold, damp spring for all of us, and that apparently includes marijuana growers.
After federal officials sent out an advisory last week about marijuana growing on public land, Undersheriff Dave Cox discussed how the issue might affect outdoor recreation in the Columbia Gorge.
His jurisdiction in Skamania County includes a huge piece of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, where multiagency teams have destroyed illegal grows over the past few summers in remote, isolated areas.
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