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Carbofuran and other dangerous chemicals found at a grow site in 2021. Photo: Integral Ecology Research Center
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The Green Rush is over and we are dealing with the consequences. Abandoned cannabis farms speckle the landscape. And on these abandoned farms are a variety of environmental harms that need remediation: improperly graded roads and undersized culverts send sediment into salmon-bearing streams; piles of garbage rotting in the wildlands; pesticides, fertilizers and petroleum improperly stored and at risk of failing; and poorly-constructed ponds at risk of sudden collapse.
That’s where Scott Bauer, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Cannabis Remediation Manager, steps in. Working together with nonprofits, local governments and cannabis farmers, Scott works to coordinate clean up of abandoned sites. Scott joins the program to discuss the historic and ongoing impacts from cannabis production and what is being done to address them.
And you are helping too: Each time you buy cannabis products from a legal California market, a portion of your taxes go to environmental programs.
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