Several hundred marijuana plants were discovered on two neighboring ranches near Soulajule Reservoir in the past two weeks. The plants—found on Robert Gambonini and Phil Dolcini’s properties—were cultivated in small clusters in remote areas.

“They are doing small grows rather than large ones and putting them in really obscure places,” [...]]]> From the The Point Reyes Light:

Several hundred marijuana plants were discovered on two neighboring ranches near Soulajule Reservoir in the past two weeks. The plants—found on Robert Gambonini and Phil Dolcini’s properties—were cultivated in small clusters in remote areas.

“They are doing small grows rather than large ones and putting them in really obscure places,” said Lieutenant Don Wick of the Marin County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. “This is a new trend to me.”

** FIVE MILLION Marijuana Plants were eradicated in California in 2007, according to the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program.

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Local law enforcement agencies and California National Guard troops destroyed nearly 90,000 plants last week. That brings the total for the year to [...]]]> San Francisco Chronicle with shocking (yeah right) news that in Shasta County, California, they’ve destroyed more cannabis plants in 2008 than in any other year.

More from SF Gate:

Local law enforcement agencies and California National Guard troops destroyed nearly 90,000 plants last week. That brings the total for the year to nearly 410,000 plants.

The seizures eclipse last year’s total of about 365,000 plants.

According to The Herald, this is becoming a common occerence, since “in July authorities destroyed a patch of [...]]]> The Monterey County Herald reports that local Carmel Valley authorities announced that “ Agents with the Monterey County Marijuana Eradication Team destroyed about 16,000 plants discovered growing in the forest off Robinson Canyon and Carmel Valley roads.”

According to The Herald, this is becoming a common occerence, since “in July authorities destroyed a patch of about 32,000 and in August another 6,500 plants.“

Officials from the U.S. Forest Service, with assistance from the Sheriff’s Department and the state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement’s task force, retrieved a total of 9,285 plants from the area near [...]]]> The Victorville Daily Press on the recent bust of a San Bernardino cannabis growing operation, the 12th such site found in San Bernardino in 2008…

Officials from the U.S. Forest Service, with assistance from the Sheriff’s Department and the state Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement’s task force, retrieved a total of 9,285 plants from the area near Heaps Peak between Running Springs and Lake Arrowhead, Forest Service officials said.

Investigators had been conducting aerial surveillance over the canyon below Heap’s Peak for about three months, officials said. Three illegal immigrants from Mexico still unidentified by name were arrested in connection with the pot farm early last week, and there may be additional suspects, Miller said.

More than 114,000 marijuana plants have been removed from local outdoor marijuana farms in the San Bernardino National Forest this year, official said.