Monday, July 1, 2013

Sierra pot-growing sites may be lethal for rare forest animal

Pesticides and poisons commonly used by illegal marijuana growers in the Sierra Nevada are found in dead fishers, a study says.



The illegal marijuana-growing operations that have proliferated in remote areas of the Sierra Nevada appear to be taking a toll on the fisher, a forest animal whose numbers are dangerously low.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/uuftjl7R2Ts/la-me-0701-poison-pot-20130701,0,6801880.story

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