Cannabis: July and Enforcement Agencies

cannabis: According to a press release from the sheriff on July 15, the enforcement agencies will spend the week of July 15 to July 19 targeting the Eel River watershed to search non-permitted cannabis cultivation sites, according to NOW Magazine. The Eel River winds its way through the Northern California hills that have traditionally hosted much of America's illicit cannabis cultivation. ByJimi Devine Published on July 17, 2019 Share Tweet Comment Major enforcement actions against unlicensed cannabis farms across the Emerald Triangle continued this week, with the Mendocino County Sheriff's office announcing on Monday that the effort had been named Operation Clean Sweep and it was being conducted in tandem with the National Guard and numerous other agencies. However, since California opened up for adult-use cultivation licenses in 2018, many farmers have since made the jump to the legal market or quit the game entirely because of the increased cost of compliance. In addition to the National Guard, the sheriff's office said it was working with the state's Department of Food and Agriculture via its Cal Cannabis licensing arm, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Water Resource Board and Cal Fire to serve search warrants on both public and private lands to investigate illegal cannabis farming sites they've identified prior to the week's actions. All the sites will be those of non-permitted cannabis cultivation sites that are believed to be involved in water diversion and other situations of environmental degradation that impacts several watersheds in the greater Eel River area of Northern Mendocino County, the statement reads. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.