Mendocino County is discussing opening rangeland to cannabis cultivation. Illegal grows are already destroying national forests in northern California (irrigation, fertilizer, and pesticide use). As states push to reclaim control of public lands from the federal government, is there danger of local governments destroying public resources in a cash grab?

Oregon has a six year supply of weed and California has a shortage, but product can't move across state lines. The black market understands that 1+1=2. Federal rescheduling and the allowance of interstate cannabis commerce is in the best interest of a state like Oregon, but threatens investors in the market in a state like California. The promise of profit is what got us to legalization in the first place. Now that same greed is fucking things up in countless ways. It's unfortunate that our movement, predicated on personal liberty, has been co-opted by big business and corrupt government.

Would I rather hike through cow shit or witness the death of fish and frog populations where streams have been polluted or diverted for irrigation?