[env-trinity] TimesStd: 55, 000 pot plants found in raid by Yurok Tribe

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55,000 pot plants found in Yurok raid

Photo: An above-ground swimming pool full of diverted creek water used as an
impromptu reservoir for a marijuana grow operation that was searched during
Operation Yurok. photo provided by Yurok Tribe 

 By Hunter Cresswell, hcresswell at times-standard.com 

Posted: 07/24/15, 9:10 PM PDT | Updated: 4 days ago 

Two weeks of multi-agency warrant sweeps that eradicated about 55,000
growing marijuana plants on and near Yurok tribal lands ended on Thursday
but will continue next summer, officials said.

The Yurok Tribe enacted similar raids last year, eradicating 15,000 growing
plants, and plans on doing so every summer until growers leave the area,
Yurok Vice Chairwoman Susan Masten said.

"We're not going to quit until there are zero plants growing on the
reservation," she said.

Even the prospect of recreational marijuana legalization in 2016 won't
change that policy, Masten said.

"It will be illegal to grow it on the Yurok reservation," she said.

This raid garnered national attention when Al Jazeera America posted a news
segment of the operation on its website on Monday. On top of the plants
eradicated, authorities seized 1,000 pounds of processed marijuana, made
seven arrests, served 30 search warrants, discovered one butane hash oil lab
and saw evidence indicating the possibility of Mexican cartel involvement in
some of the grows, Masten said.

Agencies involved include the California State Water Board, Humboldt County
Drug Task Force, California Department of Fish & Wildlife, the National
Guard, California Department of Forestry, Yurok Tribal Police Department and
the Yurok Environmental Program.

Depending on the maturity of the plant, around six gallons of water a day is
required to keep a plant growing, Yurok Tribe Environmental Director Louisa
McCovey said.

According to a press release posted on the Yurok Tribe's Facebook account,
the purpose of this raid was to return all water possible to the Klamath
River and communities downstream from grow sites.

Both McCovey and Masten said they witnessed the environmental destruction
present on grow sites during the raids.

"One of the most egregious environmental damages we saw on the grows was
water diversion," McCovey said.

Masten said she witnessed water diversion, unpermitted land grading and tree
cutting, raw sewage leakage and huge piles of garbage on nearly every grow
site.

"This was a total disrespect for our land and resources," she said.

Among the piles of trash on the different grow sites Masten said she saw
household garbage, batteries, irrigation hoses, appliances and both legal
and illegal fertilizers.

"They're not following any laws and then they're devastating the environment
and the water at the same time," she said.

Unpermitted grading, clearing of land to make way for grow sites, trash
dumping and water diversion impact the downstream communities and the
watershed itself in many ways, McCovey said.

Grading land and clear cutting trees causes sediment to filter into streams
and eventually rivers, covering salmon spawning beds, she said.

Runoff leeches from trash and fertilizers into the watershed and cause algae
blooms and health problems for communities drinking that water, Masten said.

"It has a rippling effect when you have those chemicals in the ground," she
said.

Salmon in the Klamath River are in a delicate state not only because of
blue-green algae blooms caused by excess nutrients in the water or slow and
low flowing warm water caused by upstream water diversion, but also because
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> Date: July 31, 2015 at 5:06:18 PM PDT
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> Subject: Draft EA to Supplement Flows in the Lower Klamath River with Trin=
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> Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, eccurtis at usbr.gov
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> For Release On: July 31, 2015
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> Reclamation Releases Draft Environmental Document to Supplement Flows in t=
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> REDDING, Calif. =E2=80=93 The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Draft=
 Environmental Assessment for using Trinity Reservoir-stored water to supple=
ment flows in the lower Klamath River to lessen the likelihood of a fish dis=
ease outbreak and a die-off of adult salmon during the late summer of 2015.
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> Continued dry hydrologic conditions and the recent discovery of the presen=
ce of Ich, the fish disease thought primarily responsible for the fish die-o=
ff in 2002, has prompted Reclamation to consider supplementing flows to the l=
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o prevent a disease outbreak and a contingency volume to be used on an emerg=
ency basis to avoid a significant die-off of adult salmon. Real-time environ=
mental and biological monitoring by federal, state and tribal biologists wou=
ld be used to determine if and when to implement supplemental flows.
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> The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Po=
licy Act and is available at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projdetails.cf=
m?Project_ID=3D22309. If you encounter problems accessing the document onlin=
e, please call 916-978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs at usbr.gov.
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<p><strong>Mid-Pacific Region<br>
Sacramento, Calif.</strong></p>

<p>MP-15-129</p>

<p>Media Contact: Erin Curtis, 916-978-5100, <a href=3D"mailto:eccurtis at usbr=
.gov">eccurtis at usbr.gov</a></p>

<p>For Release On: July 31, 2015</p>

<p><span style=3D"font-size:16px;"><strong>Reclamation Releases Draft Enviro=
nmental Document to Supplement Flows in the Lower Klamath River with Trinity=
 Reservoir Water</strong></span></p>

REDDING, Calif. =E2=80=93 The Bureau of Reclamation has r=
eleased the Draft Environmental Assessment for using Trinity Reservoir-store=
d water to supplement flows in the lower Klamath River to lessen the likelih=
ood of a fish disease outbreak and a die-off of adult salmon during the late=
 summer of 2015.

Continued dry hydrologic conditions and the recent discovery of the prese=
nce of Ich, the fish disease thought primarily responsible for the fish die-=
off in 2002, has prompted Reclamation to consider supplementing flows to the=
 lower Klamath River in 2015. The Proposed Action includes supplemental flow=
s to prevent a disease outbreak and a contingency volume to be used on an em=
ergency basis to avoid a significant die-off of adult salmon. Real-time envi=
ronmental and biological monitoring by federal, state and tribal biologists w=
ould be used to determine if and when to implement supplemental flows.

The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental P=
olicy Act and is available at <a href=3D"http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa=
_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=3D22309">http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_projde=
tails.cfm?Project_ID=3D22309</a>. If you encounter problems accessing th=
e document online, please call 916-978-5100 or email <a href=3D"mailto:mppub=
licaffairs at usbr.gov">mppublicaffairs at usbr.gov</a>.

Please email comments by close of business, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, to <a h=
ref=3D"mailto:sha-slo-krff2015 at usbr.gov">sha-slo-krff2015 at usbr.gov</a>, or m=
ail comments to Kylene Lang, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-152=
, Sacramento, CA 95825, or email comments to 916-978-5055.

For additional information or to request a copy of the Draft EA, please c=
ontact Paul Zedonis at 530-275-1554 (TTY 800-877-8339). Copies of the Draft E=
A may also be viewed at Reclamation's Northern California Area Office, 16349=
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