| Photo: Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee |
| A special agent with the Bureau of Land Management looks at marijuana plants illegally growing on BLM land in El Dorado County, California. |
California’s public lands are overrun with medical marijuana growing operations, guarded by armed crews toting powerful weaponry — and hunters are at risk, according to a law enforcement panel including game wardens and a Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement task force commander.
The message came Sunday during the 24th International Sportsmen’s Exposition at Cal Expo in Sacramento, reports Loretta Kalb of The Sacramento Bee.
The Mexican drug cartels have turned to California for their operations that now supply much of the United States with weed, according to the panelists.