Story by Sgt. Lani Pascual | California Counterdrug Task Force | 09.04.2018
On May 29, 2018, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced heightened concerns regarding the continued damage to public lands from illegal marijuana grows during a press conference in Sacramento, California....
Story by Leon Roberts | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District | 02.29.2012
Work crews began installing aqua levee systems today on Pistol and Brown Creeks that will act as makeshift coffer dams. Pumps capable of moving up to 6,900 gallons per minute are in place and ready to divert water collected from these streams through pipes around Greenbelt Lake....
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 07.26.2011
California Army National Guard medics were recently tasked to work with flight crews from the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force (CDTF) during an operation that supported 25 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in targeting illegal marijuana grow sites in the Mendocino National Forest in July....
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 07.26.2011
As hikers, campers and nature enthusiasts enter the Golden State’s pristine forests, far too few realize the dangers lurking deep within the canopy....
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 07.30.2010
The California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force joined with more than 21 federal, state and local agencies in July for an operation focusing on the eradication of illegally grown marijuana on public land, restoration of the grow sites and education of local youth about making positive life choices and living a drug free lifestyle in Central California....
Courtesy Story | California Counterdrug Task Force | 07.30.2010
On a three-digit temperature July day near Springville, California, a group of Soldiers clad in Kevlar helmets and black harnesses boarded a Pave Hawk helicopter and took to the skies. Minutes later, the helicopter came to a stop and hovered high above the ground. From the sky, only treetops and a small open field — large enough for only two Soldiers to be lowered into — are visible. But......
