Federal Drones to Monitor Illicit Marijuana Grown on California Public Lands

In last week’s House Appropriations Committee report filed for the U.S. Department of the Interior for its fiscal year 2022 spending bill, the Committee expressed its support of federal law enforcement efforts to deploy drones in California to find illicit marijuana grow sites on public lands.  “The Committee is aware that trespassers illegally grow marijuana on public lands in California…the Committee supports Forest Service efforts to develop tools to detect and eradicate grow sites.”