Fear Factor
That’s mainly because of where these grow operations occur. Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and large plots of privately owned land are tempting targets for these large-scale grows due to their vast size and isolation. An unsuspecting person hiking in the woods, or a timber company employee going to work, could stumble upon one of these grows, which are usually defended by armed workers, and succumb to possible harm.
Statewide, however, 76 percent of all grows targeted this year by CAMP were on public land. Here in Humboldt it was the opposite, with 77 percent of pot plants seized coming from private land. Hansen said many grows on private property are found on land owned by timber companies.
Perhaps the largest obstacle law enforcement officials face in tackling these large-scale grows in Humboldt is simple — resources. Too many grows, too little manpower and money to stop them all. But it’s also an issue of the perception of Humboldt being a place ripe for the picking, a marijuana utopia where no one is going to stand in the way when it comes to growing pot.
Hansen best compared it to rape or drunk driving, that even if all the measures aren’t “winning the war,” that doesn’t mean it’s right to stop trying.
“How are we going to win this? We’re never going to win this, that’s impossible,” he said, “but you have to maintain some level of going after it for the fear factor.”
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