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    AUTHORITIES RAID MARIJUANA GROW SITE USING STOLEN WATER FROM INDIAN RESERVATION

    AUTHORITIES RAID MARIJUANA GROW SITE USING STOLEN WATER FROM INDIAN RESERVATION


    by DANIEL NUSSBAUM
    1 Sep 2014,

    Authorities raided a marijuana growing operation near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Central California after discovering the growers were diverting water from an American Indian reservation directly into their own reservoirs.

    According to the Associated Press, members of the Tule River Tribe discovered that the grower was siphoning water from a stream that supplies up to 80 percent of the reservation's water, and immediately reported it to the authorities.

    California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Lt. Patrick Foy told the AP it took five days to complete the raid on the massive grow site. Authorities discovered seven reservoirs and seized almost 14,000 plants, 10 miles of irrigation pipes, and 12,000 pounds of trash.

    "They had every spring, every drop of water dammed up and diverted to the plants," Foy told the AP, adding that he had never seen a more effective marijuana growing operation.

    Authorities were unable to make any arrests during the raid, as over a dozen people working at the grow site fled once the raid began, Foy said.

    Officials have started cracking down on marijuana growing operations, including state-legal operations in Colorado and Washington, using federal irrigation water or other bodies of water illegally. In May, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reminded Colorado it could not use federal irrigation water for the state's many legal marijuana grows.

    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-C...an-Reservation

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    California Marijuana Grow Stole Reservation Water

    August 29, 2014 2:32 PM




    FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Authorities have torn out an illegal marijuana operation in Central California that they say was siphoning water from streams that supply an American Indian tribe, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman said Friday.

    The growers created seven reservoirs – some capable of storing 5,000 gallons – that relied on water from the Tule River Tribe, Lt. Patrick Foy said. The tribe’s reservation is in the Sierra Nevada foothills 70 miles northeast of Bakersfield.

    No arrests were made in the five-day operation, but Foy said officials cleared out nearly 14,000 plants, 10 miles of plastic irrigation pipes and 12,000 pounds of trash, including propane tanks and car batteries.

    Foy said he had never seen a more efficiently set up illegal marijuana operation. “They had every spring, every drop of water dammed up and diverted to the plants,” he said.

    Members of the tribe had discovered the illegal grow that threatened a source that supplied 80 percent of the reservation’s water. They reported it to state officials.

    More than a dozen growers had been at work in the remote area, said Foy, but they vanished once the raid began. He said the workers had poached wildlife and polluted the land and water with fertilizers, pesticides and human waste, destroying wildlife habitat.

    “We will continue our efforts in protecting our sacred lands and restoring the water for future generations,” said William J. Garfield, a tribe spokesman.

    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/08/29/california-marijuana-grow-stole-reservation-water/


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