SACRAMENTO (AP) — With California’s four-year-old legal marijuana market in disarray, the state’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that he will try a new broader approach to disrupting illegal pot farms that undercut the legal economy and sow widespread environmental damage. The state will expand its nearly four-decade multi-agency seasonal eradication program — the largest in […]

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The mission of the New York Invasive Species Awareness Week (#NYISAW) is to promote knowledge and understanding of invasive species and the harm they can cause by engaging citizens in a wide range of activities across the state, and empowering them to take action to help stop the spread. NYISAW is annual education campaign. […]

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. — South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Conservation Officers in Beaufort County last month charged multiple individuals and businesses after a wide-ranging investigation into the illegal commercial harvest and sale of flounder and other saltwater finfish species.In the early morning hours of July 10, 2021, following a three-month investigation that began […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities raided an illegal marijuana farm in northern San Diego County on Friday, seizing 15,000 plants and 9 1/2 pounds of pot products with an estimated street value of more than $7.5 million, authorities said. Detectives also detained seven people during the operation in unincorporated Valley Center, a rural and agricultural […]

PARKSLEY, Va. — Littering isn’t just an eyesore that’s harmful to the environment. It also can be detrimental to farming operations. Accomack County farmer Sands Gayle said he’s witnessed lots of illegal trash dumping along roadways and in the fields that he farms. “On days that the public dumpsters aren’t open, people will find a […]