Feds crack down on marijuana growers using federal land

Pot growers who flout the law and plant crops on federal land are the subject of stepped-up targeted operations by federal officials and law enforcement partners in California and Colorado.

California officials gathered reporters near Sacramento Tuesday to tout the interim results of their statewide “surge operation” that is cracking down on people and drug-trafficking organizations that cultivate marijuana on federal land like national parks and forests. The U.S. Forest Service is leading the charge and cooperating with state officials in a bid to kick pot growers off federal land.