http://ecologycenter.org/terrain/issues/spring-2009/the-long-thirst/ Northern California's Environmental Magazine Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:45:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ecologycenter.org/terrain/issues/spring-2009/the-long-thirst/comment-page-1/#comment-8788 Marijuana growers worsening California drought | csmonitor.com Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:58:59 +0000 http://ecologycenter.org/terrain/?p=1442#comment-8788 [...] His views are echoed by Ron Pugh, a US Forest Service special agent, who was quoted in the spring issue of Terrain, a Northern California environmental magazine: Says Pugh about the sheer volume of grows, “This is not a hippie thing.” He’s come prepared with a list of comparisons between a “hippie” grow and a DTO site—one maintained by a drug trafficking organization. A traditional garden on public lands, Pugh says, has one or two growers and fewer than fifty plants. The gardener, who lives locally, hikes in every other day or so, carrying water for his plants. Firearms are uncommon, and locations are predictable. “They’re within a quarter mile of a road,” Pugh explains, “and they’re rarely uphill. White guys are lazy.” [...] […] His views are echoed by Ron Pugh, a US Forest Service special agent, who was quoted in the spring issue of Terrain, a Northern California environmental magazine: Says Pugh about the sheer volume of grows, “This is not a hippie thing.” He’s come prepared with a list of comparisons between a “hippie” grow and a DTO site—one maintained by a drug trafficking organization. A traditional garden on public lands, Pugh says, has one or two growers and fewer than fifty plants. The gardener, who lives locally, hikes in every other day or so, carrying water for his plants. Firearms are uncommon, and locations are predictable. “They’re within a quarter mile of a road,” Pugh explains, “and they’re rarely uphill. White guys are lazy.” […]

]]> http://ecologycenter.org/terrain/issues/spring-2009/the-long-thirst/comment-page-1/#comment-8584 Marijuana Plantations Compound California Drought | Blue Living Ideas Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:11:54 +0000 http://ecologycenter.org/terrain/?p=1442#comment-8584 [...] how much water does a marijuana grow operation use? The Ecology Center reports in an article titled “The Long Thirst”: Ron Pugh, a US Forest Service special [...] […] how much water does a marijuana grow operation use? The Ecology Center reports in an article titled “The Long Thirst”: Ron Pugh, a US Forest Service special […]

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