Comments on: Marijuana in California Mountains Affects Hikers

By: Marijuana Growers Threaten Private Lands in California — Northern California Hiking Trails

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:17:09 +0000

[...] written several posts about the problems of marijuana growing on California national forests, and I’ve also directed you to the safety guidelines for marijuana [...]

By: John Soares

John Soares — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:15:03 +0000

Thanks for your hard work!

This specific incident was described in the press release as occurring on April 7, 2010, and that “forest personnel” did the clean-up.

By: job corps

job corps — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:11:37 +0000

Yeah you left out who did all that work that would have been job corps. And it took place sept,2009

By: John Soares

John Soares — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:26:24 +0000

Paul, I remember reading about this in the paper last September. I’d forgotten it was so close to Lake Siskiyou and places I hike.

By: Paul R

Paul R — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:29:08 +0000

It’s also scary that grows are happening just outside Mt Shasta city limits. It used to be the remote back country hikers that had to worry. The new grows endanger anybody out on a weekend afternoon hike:

http://www.ridgecrestca.com/state_news/x393146558/Rainbow-Ridge-marijuana-bust-yields-39-115-plants

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:24:02 +0000

You’re right Tracy.

All hikers need to be very careful this time of year, especially when hiking on the more remote U.S. National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:49:49 +0000

Thanks for sharing tips on how to deal with this. It is a problem that is getting out of hand and is extremely dangerous to the unsuspecting hiker.