According to a press release from LCSO Captain Matt McFarland, 1,800 plants were removed from the site. Reclamation efforts also included removal of hundreds of pounds of fertilizer, water line, camping supplies and garbage. Water used to irrigate the plants was being secretly drawn from private property by way of an underground pumping station.

The grow site had multiple acres where most ground vegetation had been cleared and multiple camp/cook sites had been established by the growers.

As hunting season gets under way and more people head to the outdoors, the LCSO would like to remind people to be wary of these grow sites.

In recent years, hunters in the area have come across these sites and the offenders operating the sites have threatened some of these people.

Signs to look for are irrigation line, concealed camp sites or other evidence of marijuana grows in remote areas or on public lands in Lassen County. If you see these signs, you are encouraged to leave the area and report it to the LCSO.

Agencies who assisted with the marijuana eradication were the Susanville Police Department, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Modoc County Sheriff’s Office, the California Department of Fish and Game and officers from the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting (CAMP).