The California State Parks system has removed tens of thousands of illegal cannabis plants and dismantled dozens of cultivation sites in state parks this year.
Staff members have helped to remove 25,558 cannabis plants, 4,820 pounds of processed cannabis, as well as 18 firearms from state parks property in 2024. The investigations also led to seven arrests.
The seizures are part of the parks’ Cannabis Watershed Protection Program (CWPP), which deployed a “special enforcement team” to lead 16 law enforcement operations in or near state park property this year. The team also put an end to water diversion schemes and cleaned up waste and other sources of pollution during the operations….