US CA: Pot Farms Wreak Habitat Havoc

Austin American-Statesman, 03 Feb 2013 – Growing Marijuana for California’s Medical Cannabis Boom Hurting Wildlife in Parts of State. EUREKA, CALIF. – California scientists, grappling with an explosion of marijuana growing, recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, spawning grounds for endangered coho salmon and other threatened fish.