Rangers clear 2,377-plant grow from Sequoia National Park
Park rangers and Bureau of Land Management agents removed 2,377 marijuana plants and a tonne of trash from a 13-acre grow in Sequoia National Park, a site first raided in 2024 but left for a year over toxic chemicals.
🇺🇸 Sequoia National Park, California · California, United States
National Park Service rangers with Bureau of Land Management agents removed an illegal marijuana cultivation site in Sequoia National Park in the week before 21 August 2025, clearing 2,377 full-grown plants and about 2,000 pounds of trash and infrastructure by hand and helicopter sling-load.[1][2]The site also held a semi-automatic pistol and hazardous chemicals, including about a gallon of Methamidophos, an insecticide banned in the United States since 2009.[1][2]
Rangers had detected and raided the grow in 2024 but left it unrehabilitated for a year because of the chemicals.[1][2]The 13-acre site’s damage included diverted creek water with irrigation lines, storage pits, cleared vegetation, hillside terraces, campsites and about two miles of illegal trails.[1]
No arrests have been made, and the investigation continues.[1]
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California's Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force seized or destroyed 55,308 pounds of illicit cannabis and eradicated 108,226 plants between July and September 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom's office said. The quarter's operations across nine counties led to 14 arrests, nine firearms and $29,215 in cash, and brought the state's nine-month total to more than $230 million in cannabis.
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Humboldt County sheriff's deputies eradicated about 3,102 cannabis plants and destroyed about 36 pounds of processed cannabis at two unlicensed grows near Alderpoint and Garberville on 5 and 6 October 2026. No arrests were made and the cases were sent to the District Attorney for review.
On 25 September 2026 New Mexico's Regulation and Licensing Department Enforcement Bureau and the Organized Crime Commission raided 102 Howell Road in Estancia, Torrance County, seizing and destroying about 6,300 mature cannabis plants in 21 greenhouses weighing an estimated 21,000 pounds. The case remains open for prosecution.
On 16 September 2026 U.S. Forest Service officers, Glenn County’s Major Crimes Task Force and a Forest Service helicopter team eradicated about 700 cannabis plants from an illegal grow in remote Mendocino National Forest. No arrests were reported.
