Marijuana vs. salmon — Looking for solutions in dry, N. California streams

摘要

As marijuana has become more mainstream, the business of cultivating the plant has boomed. That's true nowhere more than in coastal Northern California. There, the so-called Emerald Triangle of Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties is believed tobe the largest cannabis-growing region in the U.S.But as the hills have sprouted thousands of new grow operations, haphazard cultivation is threatening the recovery of endangered West Coast salmon and steelhead populations.The Eel River runs through the heart of the Emerald Triangle, draining California's third-largest watershed. And it's a key battleground in the struggle to save once-abundant Northwest coastal salmon runs.